Baltic Salmon in Belarus? YES!
CCB • September 30, 2009
It has finally been confirmed that Baltic Salmon (Salmo salar) is indeed living in the Vilia basin in Belarus. In September 2009 researchers of the Belarus Academy of Sciences found young salmon in the Dudka river, about 800 m upstream the confluence with Vilia.
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