ArmInfo. Representatives of Armenian fish farms, outraged by the new demands of the authorities to install closed circulation systems at the artesian wells of the Ararat Valley, this time gathered near the government building. They demand a meeting with the prime minister or deputy prime minister of the country.
Let us remind you that according to the amendments to the Water Code adopted on November 22, fisheries in Armenia that receive water from underground wells will have to use only economical water circulation systems. . The government states that such systems will allow reuse of at least 40% of water. Fish farmers say that the proposed Chinese pumps fail very quickly, and if the breakdown is not corrected within 1-2 hours, the fish will practically die.
Protesters say that compliance with the law will lead to the bankruptcy of fish farms, and the products of the sector will become uncompetitive in both the domestic and foreign markets. Meanwhile, almost all fish farms in the republic are under a credit burden. "Citizens of the sector will go bankrupt," they say, "are they really paving the way for Turkish products?"
As the representatives of the fish farms say, if the goal is to save water, then first we need to mothball about a thousand wells in the Ararat region, which are used illegally, but the authorities turn a blind eye to this. "Either there is no understanding of how to correct the situation, or they are deliberately leading the sector to collapse," they concluded.
The other day at the Ministry of Environment, regarding the implementation of the new operating procedure for fisheries Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan emphasized that the agovernment must be consistent in this matter. "We can't keep changing our policies, we have to move forward.. <>: If we need fish, we can import it from somewhere else, but if we need water, we can't get it anywhere else. And this is a matter of national security," he concluded.
