RN-Yuganskneftegaz, Rosneft's largest oil production asset, continues to implement a large-scale programme to preserve biodiversity and restore aquatic bioresources. The enterprise released into the water bodies of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug of  Yugra more than 9 million fry of valuable species of commercial fish, including more than 700 thousand fry of the red-listed Siberian sturgeon and sterlet.

Conserving biodiversity and ecosystems in the regions of operation is one of the priorities of "Rosneft-2030" strategy. The release of young fish of valuable species is carried out annually.

On the order of oil workers, the young fish are raised by special fish breeding organisations, which create the best environmental conditions for the fry: temperature regime, nutrition and water quality to ensure maximum survival of the young fish after release.

The release of young fish was supervised by a commission, which includes representatives of the Ugra Nature Supervision Agency, the Nizhneobsk Territorial Department of the Federal Agency for Fishing and Conservation of Aquatic Bioresources, the Russian Federal Research Institute Of Fisheries and Oceanography, and the Environmental Protection Department of RN-Yuganskneftegaz.

Release of young fish is an important step in the conservation and restoration of aquatic bioresources. It allows increasing the number of valuable fish species in the rivers of the Ob-Irtysh basin and ensuring sustainable population growth in the future.

Rosneft
Information Division
August 29, 2020

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