In winter fish are rescued by the experts of the State nature complex reserve “Spassky”

On the lakes “Chistoe”, “Bezymyannoe”, and “Atamanskoe” that are natural monuments located in the “Tri ozera” village of Spassky Municipal District of the Republic of Tatarstan, the experts together with an ichthyologist of the Federal State Budgetary Establishment “Srednevolzhrybvod” carried out melioration activities to rescue underwater dwellers from oxygen deprivation: fish can easily suffocate under a thick layer of ice.

The experts drilled more than 50 ice-holes through a thick ice layer using a power ice bore and placed straw there to prevent freeze-up and ensure oxygen access to lakes.