Employees of GC NPS, JSC's energy division released chum salmon smolts into the Barabashevka River in Primorsky Territory.
TEK Mosenergo, part of GC NPS, JSC, released chum salmon smolts into the Barabashevka River in Primorsky Territory as part of their environmental initiatives.
This release of juvenile fish of a valuable species has boosted the aquatic biodiversity of the river, which is part of the Sea of Japan drainage basin.
The smolts were bred at the Barabashevsky fish breeding plant. Here they spent more than six months growing up, adapting to life in a natural environment. Then, for about 7-10 days, the smolts will stay in the river, from where they will go to the sea. The chum salmon life cycle, including migration, typically lasts four years. After that, some of the fish will return to their native river to spawn.
TEK Mosenergo (part of GC NPS, JSC) is undertaking this fish stocking as part of its environmental protection obligations for the Artemovskaya CHP-2 construction project.
