Inglise keele essee
several different production units. Three enterprises cultivated common carp in stillwater
ponds, the most important among them being Ilmatsalu Kala and Haaslava carp farm of
R.Kalda. In 1998 285 t of large rainbow trout. 598 kg of trout caviar and 23 t of common carp
were produced. There were 328 ha of ponds, 17 th m3 of fish tanks and basins and 1600 m3
of net cages. The total value of farmed fish production was roughly 13 mln. Estonian kroons
(approximately 0.9 mln USD). There were five hatcheries producing only fish juveniles for
stocking into the natural waters. For stocking into the natural waters 142 thousand juveniles
of salmon, 58 th. juveniles of sea trout and 48 th. of brown trout, 123 th. 0+ whitefish, 6
th. 0+ and 4.2 mln. larvi of pike, 7 th 0+ tench, 112 th. 0+ pike perch and 21 th. 0+ crayfish
were cultivated in 1998.
The only state owned fish farm in Estonia is Põlula Fish Rearing Center, which is
situated in Northern Estonia, near Rakvere