On May 19,
2022, the results of the environmental educational project “Protect nature of
our native land” were summed in Astrakhan Oblast. The final function was
attended by Mikhail Grishankov, CPC Deputy General Director, RF Government
Relations, Oleg Petelin, Minister of Social Development and Labor, Oleg Malkin,
Head of Volgo-Caspian Territorial Department of Rosrybolovstvo, and Vitaly
Plyukhin, Head of Volgo-Caspian Branch of All-Russia Scientific Institute of
fishery and oceanography (KaspNIRKh).
The project
dedicated to preservation and regeneration of the sturgeon population, has been
implemented for the seventh year jointly by the Caspian Pipeline Consortium and
Volgo-Caspian Branch of All-Russia Scientific Institute of fishery and
oceanography (KaspNIRKh). It is aimed at increasing the population of the
endangered sturgeon species and fostering a caring attitude toward nature among
children and teenagers.
This year,
young scientists and specialists of Volgo-Caspian Branch of ARSIFO conducted 30
open classes in 10 schools and social rehabilitation centers in Kharabalinsky,
Yenotaevsky, Limansky, Narimanovsky and Krasnoyarsk Districts where CPC
operation facilities are located.
Representatives
of the younger generation took an active part in the creative competition for
the best essay. In addition, the jury reviewed 180 themed drawings, 60
handicrafts, 30 videos. The authors of 27 works were awarded valuable prizes.
The winners
of the children's creative competition, representatives of CPC-R, Astrakhan
Oblast government, Federal Agency for Fishery, and the CaspNIRKh took part in
releasing 200 young beluga, weighing 350 g each, into their natural habitats as
part of the closing ceremony of the project. On the same day about 69 thousand
Russian sturgeon fry weighing 3 to 5 g were released in the Volga River's
near-delta area. The procedure was carried out in the presence of a special
commission under the auspices of the Federal Agency for Fishery, which included
representatives of federal and regional authorities, fishery science, fishery
departments of Rosrybolovstvo and public organizations.