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10,000 stream trout have been released in the Ritseula River in Racha region

The Department of Environmental Supervision has installed photo and video traps to protect the stream trout, announces the Georgian Ministry of Agriculture. Photo: IPN.

Agenda.ge, 03 Sep 2019 - 12:03, Tbilisi,Georgia

The Georgian Agency of Wildlife has released 10,000 stream trout at the source of the Ritseula river and its tributary Khedeturi river.

Stream trout are an endangered species in Georgia.

Video: The Georgian Agency of Wildlife.

The Department of Environmental Supervision has installed photo and video traps to protect the stream trout, announces the Georgian Ministry of Agriculture.

The joint project of the Agency of Wildlife and the Georgian International Energy Corporation aims to restore trout stream in the Ritseula River Valley.

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