Most uncommon profession in Moldova, study of new species of fish
They have dedicated their entire professional life and their successes are recognized more abroad than in the country. We are talking about ichthyologists - representatives of a rare crafts in Moldova, dealing with the improvement of technologies for breeding and fish species, but also complement Genetic Resources fisheries.
The specialized center in our country has more than 20 employees, but only three of them are qualified specialist in the selection and reproduction of fish.
Vasile Domanciuc is working them more than 30 years at the Center for Research on Aquatic Genetic Resources. With his support four new species of carp were created, known in 11 countries in Central and Eastern Europe, including Russia, Belarus, Poland and Hungary. He argues that these varieties are more resistant.
Creating a new fish species takes up to 30 years and require hundreds of research.