Estonia is a northern country where the vegetation period is short (3-4 months) and thus the water temperature is a limiting factor of fish farming. Therefore the heated effluent waters of the electric power plants were successfully used to prolong the growth period. Collapse of the socialist system caused decline in fish farming production, mainly because of cease of fish rearing in heated waters of electric power stations. During postsocialist period all the remaining fish farms have been privatised. The trout farmers are now using only formulated dry feeds, while the carp farmers applied lower stocking densities in order to make use of the natural food production of the ponds. The main trend has been rise of interest to the production of juveniles of commercially important native species (salmon, sea trout, brown trout, whitefish (Coregonus), pike, pike-perch, tench) for stocking into the natural waters. The fish farmers hoped that
Aastane inflatsioonimäär - annual rate of inflation 4. Hüpoteeklaenude intressimaksed - mortgage interest payments 5. Langus täistööajaga töötamises - fall in full-time employment 6. Avaliku sektori kogukulutused - total public expenditure 7. Peamised tuluallikad - main sources of revenue 8. Tõstma investeeringuid elamuehitusse - to boost investment in housing 9. Jätkusuutlik kasv ja elukvaliteet - sustainable growth and the quality of life 10. erastatud avaliku sektori ettevõtted - privatised public sector business 11. tööstustoodang - manufactoring output 12. masinad ja seadmed - machinery and equipment 13. sisemajanduse kogutoodang - gross domestic product 14. tõsised ebasoovitavad kõrvalmõjud - serious adverse side-effects 15. haiguskindlad teraviljasordid - infection-resistant crops 16. sularahaautomaat - cash dispenser 17. varuosade tootjad - component manufacturers 18. geneetiliselt muundatud toiduained - genetically modified foods 19
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