In today's session, the Executive approved the draft of the Government's decision "On applying a temporary ban on the export of whitefish caviar from the territory of the Republic of Armenia" developed by the Ministry of Environment.
The need to adopt the decision stems from the requirement of food security of the Republic of Armenia, sustainable use of living resources in Lake Sevan and conservation of biodiversity.
Taking into account the initial and pilot nature of the process of regulation of industrial fishing of whitefish in Lake Sevan, as well as the great negative anthropogenic impact on the lake and the consumer attitude towards bioresources formed in recent decades, the need to prevent possible negative consequences, to organize the conservation and normal reproduction of wild fish species with high industrial value based on this legal act, it is planned to establish a ban on the export of whitefish caviar from the territory of the Republic of Armenia.