Today, Minister Hakob Simidyan paid a working visit to the "Sevan Trout" CJSC – small fish breeding factory in Karchaghbyur Community, Gegharkunik Region. Another batch of small fish was released into Lake Sevan - 300,000 small fish of the "Gegharkuni" subspecies of Sevan trout.
During the visit, Hakob Simidyan was accompanied by Deputy Ministers Aram Meymaryan and Tigran Gabrielyan.
Biodiversity restoration, and especially from the point of view of Lake Sevan ecosystem integrity, is one of the priority directions of the Ministry of Environment of the RA, and in 2024, a total of 387,300 small fish of Summer and Geharkuni subspecies were released into Lake Sevan.
After the release of small fish, the Minister had a tour in the fish farm, observed the types of fish stock in the basins, discussed issues related to the conservation of hen fish. 
Hakob Simidyan got introduced to the conditions created for the breeding of hen fish of Sevan khramulya (capoeta sevangi) species in the newly constructed ponds in the outdoor area of ​​the fish farm and the possibilities of their reproduction.
"This is the most awaited achievement of the last years, for which a lot of effort was required and invested. And to the joy of all of us, I can say that it has been successful: within the framework of the program for the recovery of the Sevan khramulya (capoeta sevangi) stocks, we already have around 2,000 pieces of Sevan khramulya. As part of the measures aimed at the reproduction and restoration of resources of Sevan khramulya, we have also restored 4 outdoor basins," the Minister noted.
After the tour, Minister Hakob Simidyan had a meeting and discussion with the staff of the factory. The report titled "Complex Program for the Restoration of Trout Stocks in Lake Sevan: Preserving the Heritage" was presented and the implemented works and the identified problems were reported. Due to the continuous process of maintenance and replenishment of the stable parental stock, there are now about 105,000 pieces, with a total weight of 36,800 kg, of “Geharkuni” and “Summer” subspecies of Sevan trout parental stock.
Hakob Simidyan congratulated everyone on hosting the Conference of the Parties to the convention on Biological Diversity (#COP17) in Armenia and noted that the expectations for the restoration of biodiversity from the factory are very high and efforts should be continued.