Russia: 124 thousand young sea cucumbers released into Primorye waters

In Primorsky Krai, 124,000 young Far Eastern trepang were released into the Stark Strait as part of an environmental compensation effort for the construction of the VNIRO mariculture center on Popov Island, which began in 2019. This center is a key facility in Russia for marine aquaculture research. The Far Eastern sea cucumber, important in traditional Chinese medicine and Russian pharmaceuticals, is protected under the Red Book of Russia, with wild extraction banned in the Far East, allowing only aquaculture-grown products for market distribution.

Experts released 124,000 young Far Eastern trepang into the Stark Strait in Primorsky Krai as compensation for damage from the construction of the VNIRO (All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography) mariculture center. This was reported by the press service of the Primorsky Krai government. "Over 124 thousand individuals of young Far Eastern sea cucumber were released in Primorye. Not far from Vladivostok, young Far Eastern sea cucumber was released. This is compensation for the damage that was assessed during the construction of the innovative scientific and production center for mariculture of the Pacific branch of the federal institution "VNIRO", - the report says. It is specified that the event was held under the obligations of environmental damage during the construction of the center. In 2019, a new innovative scientific and production center for mariculture of the Pacific branch of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution "VNIRO" was put into ...