The construction of fish-breeding and reproduction complex "Aquabiotech Tomsk region", which will be the first of the Siberian center for breeding of valuable fish species, could begin in 2018, was announced at a meeting in Tomsk the head of Rosrybolovstvo Ilya Shestakov.

"We support the work of the Tomsk region. After compiling the project documentation will do our best in the Federal investment program (to include approx. TASS), so starting in 2018 to start to build this object, which is of great importance, since it is necessary to reproduce aquatic biological resources in the Ob basin", - he said.

Tomsk region Governor Sergei Zhvachkin said that aquabiotech "will become a scientific Foundation and support for the reproduction of fish resources of the entire Ob basin".

"We will ensure fish stocking material of entrepreneurs, to encourage artificial breeding of fish and the substitution of imported products on the shelves of supermarkets", - said the head of the region.

Earlier it was reported that the construction of the first in Siberia of the centre for the breeding of valuable fish species of the Ob basin should begin in the Tomsk region in 2016, with total investment estimated at 1 billion rubles. Aquabiotech will ensure the breeding of commodity fish and the entry of import-substituting products. The complex will be located 25 km from Tomsk to the village of Mandinka. The main objective of contractors is to provide year-round reproduction of the fish in harsh conditions, when the temperature drops to minus 40 degrees.
Tomsk oblast in the period of 2016-2017 years will give the business 72 lake

Authorities in Tomsk region will give 72 lake businesses for fish farming in the next two years, announced at a meeting on the fisheries of the Deputy Governor on agriculture and the environment Andrew Knorr.

"In 2016-2017 they will be transferred to productive use for farming and extraction of commercial fish," he said.

The total area of reservoirs 72 is 4.3 thousand hectares In the Department of hunting and fisheries, TASS explained that one of the forms of use of transferred waters could be the creation of tourist bases for anglers. To populate the ponds are fish of various species, including trout and Peled.

Earlier it was reported that the regional authorities was planning on using contests to provide lake in the long-term use for a period of from 10 to 25 years for restocking and the provision of services on a paid fishing, as well as for the organization of farms.

In the Tomsk region last year produced more than 2.2 thousand tons of fish (previous year - less than 2 thousand tons). The number of producing companies has increased from 137 to 144. The proportion of water biological resources has reached 85.2% of the supplied volumes (previously 79.3 per cent). The volume of processed fish increased by 22.7% and amounted to about 2.9 thousand tons.