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Tana and Tedzami Protected Areas, located in the Shida Kartli region, were stocked with 20,000 fertilized eggs of the Red List species brown trout.
Alongside the agency’s specialists, the Deputy Head of the National Wildlife Agency, Davit Iosebashvili, representatives of the Agency of Protected Areas, and the State Representative of Shida Kartli, Simon Guledani, participated in the stocking process.
The restoration and propagation of vulnerable species within Georgia’s biodiversity is one of the key priorities of the National Wildlife Agency of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture.
Releasing incubated trout eggs and larvae into the wild is a method that supports the growth of vulnerable populations and significantly increases the natural hatching rate with minimal human intervention.
The National Wildlife Agency has been implementing the brown trout restoration project since 2016. The project also includes a monitoring component, and conducted studies confirm that the species is successfully reproducing in the wild.
Agency specialists annually produce more than half a million trout eggs and carry out river stocking activities.
Brown trout - also known as river trout - has been listed in Georgia’s Red List since 2006 and is classified as Vulnerable.