Tsar fish

Astrakhan region is famous for its watermelons, hunting and fishing. This we all know that in the region there are things much more interesting caviar, and many of our fellow citizens rooted stereotypes that except watermelons and sturgeon in Astrakhan and there is nothing else.
Watermelons We'll see, but with sturgeon problem is not so simple as it seems at first glance. Fish is protected worse than gold in well-known American fort.

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The region has several farms for the breeding of sturgeon, but is considered to be the largest BIOS.



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This is not the «basic input / output system», familiar to computer scientists. This Research and Production Center for Sturgeon based Ikryaninskiy experimental hatchery CaspNIRKh.



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As they say at the moment is Russia's only specialized enterprise that combines scientific research and industrial activities



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Every year there are grown and produced on the will of some five million individuals sturgeon. To be honest, I did not understand where they are held, the five million might already released?



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Sturgeon is very demanding on the quality of water, so it passes a constant filtration.



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At the heart of the pure bred 6 species: beluga, Russian and Siberian sturgeon, thorn sturgeon and hybrid forms - Bester, Russian-Lena sturgeon and sturgeon fish - paddlefish, naturally found only in the waters of North America.



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That's because such a trifle, and grow big delicious sturgeon, sturgeon and beluga.



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Even small fish are very mobile and strong enough, while the adults can easily break a man's leg.



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There is always something going on. Here comes the sort of young: larger left and right smaller, and maybe vice versa.



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There is metered and weighed portions of food. The food, of course, not bloodworms and specially designed mixes. It is said that the Chinese have problems with reproduction of sturgeon, simply overfed and fat fish swim. Fish.



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And just at the nearby swimming pool is already on the contrary, the fry are caught and transplanted to the pelvis.



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It is most important for female sturgeon - Lydia M. Vasilyeva. Since I went to talk about leadership, it is worth mentioning that it was here, in the BIOS, Putin came to kiss sturgeon.



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Come on, in the former incubator and is now a scientific basis.



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What is the "C"! I used a home plate hung, it was necessary to ask for.



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These baths used to be in all areas. Now they were replaced by plastic containers, you have seen them. And there were only bath.



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Here, too, are hard at work. Each fish taken out of the basin, measured, weighed and recorded all the indicators.



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By the way, what kind of a Paunch?



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That's all. Incubator, we have not shown, but it is rumored some nanotechnology. This old-style incubator, from the '60s. It should be in the local museum.



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And there is such a dried roach.



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Top secret development institute osetrovedeniya. As is known, sturgeon poaching subjected to persecution, but our scientists have found a solution - a little bit changed the appearance of the fish. Osetrius kvakius. And lays eggs



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BIOS and fry it well, but we need to look at the fish in an environment more close to natural. And it feels like a serious fish, and then some little thing slip ...
On the road it was met with production of red barricades.



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That's such a beautiful place to grow these noble fish. Not far from here, around the corner.



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Nearby recreation FSO (number of recreation FSO in the country the impression that it is a huge tourist holding of the Federation of Sport and Recreation) and fishing base.



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For a modest fee, you can spend a fun and entertaining in this house at least the summer. Shop around. But on the river catfish, carp and perch.



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It is a private company for the breeding of sturgeon. Of course, neither of which scientific activity there is no question, everything is on the table to the consumer.



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Each cage several hundred large and small fish. They are here all the time, in the winter, too.



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Of course, caviar extract, too. Previously, in order to extract the eggs had to kill the fish, now it is much more humane, Ma-fish remains live and can still many times to please caviar.



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I do not remember the price, but the estimated price difference for caviar in Moscow, there is more than five times.



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This is a young specimen. See for yourself how well developed back muscles.



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Here's a handsome man. Fish demand. Come and locals buying at the holiday table, buyers come from other cities and take away the fish already vans. Secretly we were told that that the sturgeon. who kissed Putin for a long time and checked the relevant authorities at the time of the meeting, the fish was so tired that I did not even recognize Vladimir. And we will soon be flooded with sturgeon and caviar from China. But it would be wrong fish.



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