Up to five years, you may need to replenish the Omul population

Rosrybolovstvo will introduce a complete ban on the catch of the Baikal Omul from 2017 to 2019. However, it may take more time to make up for this type of fish.

“In fact, three years are such a period of more monitoring observations. Science tells us that in general we will need up to five years, if we really see that the supply is so undermined - we will practically have to be restored again, ” said Ilya Shestakov, the head of the Federal Reserve.

The ban will affect not only the industrial production of omul, but also amateur fishing. The exception will only be a catch for research purposes and for aquaculture, artificial restoration of a population.
The procedure for introducing a ban will take about 2.5 months, which will be required to conduct public discussions.

According to Shestakov, the situation with the Baikal omul is very difficult. “During Putin, when we carried out events related to the laying of caviar for reproduction, we really collected the material almost bit by bit. In fact, indeed, an approach to fish spawning is very low. If you do not introduce a ban, then we can simply lose all this supply for three years. There is nothing wrong with this, the ban was introduced in the Soviet Union, ”he said.

Over the past 15 years, the total biomass of Omul has doubled - up to 10 thousand tons. According to Rosrybolovstvo, the catch in 2015 directly in Lake Baikal decreased by 30% - to 536 tons, which is almost half as much as in 2013.