NEW ASPECTS OF STRUGGLE AGAINST INVASIONS OF MAJOR OBJECTS OF BELARUS’ AQUACULTURE

Abstract

The article provides information on the most common invasive diseases of fish, which are the main objects of cultivation in aquaculture in Belarus, and information on new products developed by the employees of the RUE “Institute of Fisheries” RUE “Scientific and Practical Center of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for live stock breeding” to combat these invasions.Aquaculture of the Republic of Belarus is characterized by a global trend – an increase in fish production due to the cultivation of various types of fish in artificial conditions. In spite of the fact that today industrial-type enterprises are actively developing in Belarus (production is carried out under conditions of RAS or PSO), the main share of production, about 93%, falls on pond-type farms.Successful fulfillment of tasks to increase fish production, with constant pond fund areas, requires new solutions in such areas as working with new species of fish, conducting breeding work, developing balanced feed, improving fish farming technologies, studying microbiology and hydrobiology of ponds and so on.An important component of modern pond fish culture, which allows to significantly increase the yield and quality of fish products, is the ichthyopathological part. Due to the fact that production ponds have a close relationship with the biocenosis of natural water bodies, monitoring of invasive diseases in fish in both production ponds and the water source (the head pond, water sources flowing into it and nearby natural water bodies) comes to the fore. Monitoring of fish invasions in turn forms the need to develop ecological, highly efficient, and economically low-cost methods for the protection of pond fish.