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The basis of the fisheries of Kazakhstan is the fishery fund of reservoirs, which includes the waters of the Caspian and Aral Seas, lakes Balkhash, Zaisan, reservoirs of the Alakol lake system (Alakol, Sasykkol, Koshkarkol), Bukhtarma, Ust-Kamenogorsk, Shulba, Kapshagai, Shardara reservoirs, Ili, Irtysh, Syrdarya, Zhaiyk, Tobol, Nura, Shu and other reservoirs in which there are more than 70 species of fish, including the most commercially valuable (pike perch, carp, white amur, silver carp, etc.).
The Committee of Fisheries of the Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan (CRH MAGPR) is an agency that performs strategic, regulatory, implementation and control functions in the field of protection, reproduction and use of fish resources and other aquatic animals.
The MPR Fisheries Committee was established by the Decree of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated December 31, 2020 No. 955.
Main areas of activity:
fishing – fishing of fish resources and other aquatic animals;
fish farming is the artificial reproduction and cultivation of fish for the purposes of entrepreneurial activity.
The Fisheries Development Program for 2021-2030 was approved by Government Decree No. 208 of April 5, 2021.
The program until 2030 defines the following main indicators:
- increase in the volume of fish cultivation from 7 to 270 thousand tons per year;
- increase in domestic consumption of fish products from 67 to 134 thousand tons per year;
- increase in the export of fish products from 30 to 181 thousand tons per year.
In order to develop fish farming at the legislative level, the following measures have been taken:
- approved the Rules for the transfer of fishery reservoirs, previously fixed for commercial fishing, to reservoirs for fish farming;
- a specific deadline for concluding a contract for fish farming has been set for 49 years (previously it was from 5 to 49 years);
- unnecessary requirements for fish farmers are excluded as part of development plans;
Besides:
- business is exempt from compensation for losses during the construction of fish farms on agricultural lands;
- restrictions on the placement of fish farms in the water protection zone have been lifted;
- the subjects of commercial fishing are given the right to organize a cage farm on fixed reservoirs;
- - the requirements for the development of design and estimate documentation and obtaining the conclusion of state expertise during the construction of fish ponds and swimming pools are excluded.
To date, fish farmers have received state support in the form of reimbursement of 25% of investments in fisheries, and 30% of expenses are subsidized when buying feed for three types of fish – these are sturgeon, carp, salmon.
In 2022, the subsidized list of fish species will be expanded with catfish, lats, cichlids, and crustaceans.
A legal act has also been adopted, which provides for new types of subsidies to reimburse up to 50% of expenses: from the cost of fish-breeding and biological justifications; for the purchase of fish planting material; for the purchase and maintenance of repair and breeding herds of valuable fish species; for the purchase of medicines.