ESTUARIES OF MERGEN SPECIALIZED ENTITY IN AHAL VELAYAT ARE AT DISPOSAL OF FISHERY AMATEURS

Ussat Avchy company, which was founded by the Hunters and Fishermen Association of Turkmenistan, offers new service to the population – the fishing at water estuaries of Mergen specialized entity, which is located in Ak Bugday etrap, Ahal Velayat. There are many artificial lakes divided by the isthmus. They were formed up on the courses of irrigation channels fed by Karakum River.

Artificial lakes are the part of the territory allocated to the Association of Hunters and Fishermen about twenty years ago for protection of rare species of wild animals. For all this period, specialists of the entity provide them with forage in the period of severe cold and monitor the population.

Until our days in 60 km from the capital, one can meet foxes, boars, jackals, wolves, wild cats, water rats in this place. Around 20,000 ducks, geese, cormorants, swans and pelicans come to the lakes every year for hibernation. The lakes are rich with grass carp, common carp, catfish, snakehead, carassius. Surrounding landscape is inhabited by such species of flora like saxaul, salt cedar, reed and many other. So one can not just fish there but also spend a good time out of the city.

- Last autumn, specialists of the Association of Hunters and Fishermen released more than one ton of juvenile and grass carp to the lakes, - Deputy Chairman of the Association Batyr Taganov says. – In addition, part of the bank zone of the lake is developed – it has paths to the water, bridges, recreation places and parking. We hope that fishermen will like this place. We are planning to develop this type of active leisure of the population. Similar facilities will be organized at the estuaries allocated to the Association in Lebap and Mary Velayat.