MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE REFUTES ALLEGATIONS OF HIGH COST OF FISH FARM LICENSING

YEREVAN, April 17. /ARKA/. Armenia’s ministry of agriculture refuted
the statement by the head of Union of Armenian Fish Producers and
Exporters Arthur Atoyan that licensing of fish farms is expensive.

On April 15 Atoyan told a press conference costs of fish farm
licensing are high. He also said fish farms have to spend about 15
million drams on measures to get a license.

In response, the ministry said the “facts” do not reflect the actual
reality.

The ministry said there is a need for supervision over targeted and
efficient use of water resources due to groundwater dry-out risks in
Ararat Valley. Licensing and introduction of closed or semi-closed
cycle is one of the options to save water at fish farms, the press
office of the ministry said.

Earlier, Atoyan said that, according to the government instruction of
2013 all fish farms need to transfer, within the next half a year,
to semi-closed water cycle, which implies reuse of 70% of water to
reduce consumption. According to experts, new expensive technologies
costing from 700,000 to 1.5 million should be introduced for this.

($1=414.27drams). -0–

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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress