In the Irkutsk region, an aquaculture development subprogram for 2016 to 2018 was developed to help provide residents with valuable fish species and support growth in fish production. 6 million rubles will be allocated for it, and producers are promised subsidies for loans, fish seed, feed, and its components. Authorities stress that the measures are aimed not only at developing commercial fish farming, but also at preserving aquatic biological resources.
For 2016-2018, the region has developed the subprogram “Development of Aquaculture (Commercial Fish Farming) in the Irkutsk Region.”As the Minister of Agriculture of the Irkutsk Region, Ilya Sumarokov, said, the subprogram is aimed at creating conditions to provide the population with valuable fish species, ensuring sustainable growth in the production of aquaculture products and products of their processing.
It is planned to provide state support to fish and fish product producers. Subsidies will be directed toward reimbursing part of the costs of paying interest on loan agreements concluded for the implementation of investment projects, and reimbursing part of the costs of purchasing fish stocking material, feed, and their components. 6 million rubles will be allocated for the implementation of the subprogram, the press service of the Government of the Irkutsk Region reports.
“The aquaculture subprogram activities are aimed not only at the development of commercial fish farming in the Irkutsk Region, but also at the preservation of aquatic biological resources,” Ilya Sumarokov noted.