In order to increase the volume of catch of aquatic biological resources, Norilsk Nickel plans add new natural resources to economic turnover, namely the lateral tributaries of the Yenisei and Khatanga rivers.
According to the press service of the administration of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, to determine the permissible volume of fish catch, including valuable species, scientists from the All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography will conduct ichthyological studies of the Lakurya, Tanama, Pelyatka, Malaya Balakhnya, Popigai, Novaya rivers.
Researchers will start field work this month. Norilsk Nickel has allocated 12 million rubles for these purposes, sgnoriksk.ru reports.
"The new lateral reservoirs of the Yenisei and Khatanga rivers are unexplored in ichthyological composition. The information obtained based on the results of the study will increase the volume of withdrawal of aquatic biological resources, including valuable fish species such as peled, whitefish, chir, for the indigenous peoples of the North and the population that lives in this territory," said Pavel Borzykh, Acting Minister of Ecology and Rational Nature Management of the Krasnoyarsk Territory.
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