Large Amu Darya shovelnose sturgeon (small narrownose form). Nukus Balyk fish hatchery 14.12.2024

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Large Amu Darya shovelnose sturgeon (Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni) - small narrownose form
Nukus Balyk fish hatchery (Nukus, Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan)
Recirculating aquaculture system (RAS)
14.12.2024

The fish was caught in the Amu Darya river in Khanka (Khorezm province) - Turtkul' (Tortkol) (Karakalpakstan) area in Uzbekistan.

In 2020 Nukus Balyk fish hatchery (Nukus, Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan) was registered as Amu Darya shovelnose sturgeons propagation hatchery. It provided the Amu Darya shovelnose conservation project () with a line of recirculating aquaculture system (RAS). Water in the system is refreshed from the Amu Darya river through a canal.
Setting up an initial broodstock of is the first step towards Amu Darya shovelnose sturgeons propagation and conservation efforts.

Nukus Balyk fish hatchery (Nukus, Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan) is opened for visiting to watch Amu Darya shovelnose sturgeons on preliminary arrangement. Addrress and contacts are mentioned below.

If you have an ability and good will to help the project you may contact the hatchery:
230903 Uzbekistan, Karakalpakstan Republic, Nukus district, SSG "Samanbay", Rybzavod
Tel./ Telegram/ WhatsApp: +998 91 2610001 Kallybek Primbetov

230903 Узбекистан, Республика Каракалпакстан, Нукусский район, ССГ "Саманбай", Pыбзавод. Тел./ Telegram/ WhatsApp: +998 91 2610001 Каллыбек Примбетов

You may also communicate with curator of the project - Alexey Chernyak. Tel./ Telegram/ WhatsApp: +7 926 5288128