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  • From: Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>
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  • Subject: [permaculture] First oyster farm in mainland Ukraine plans to ramp up production -Euromaidan Press |
  • Date: Mon, 22 May 2017 14:36:48 -0400

First oyster farm in mainland Ukraine plans to ramp up production
-Euromaidan Press |
http://euromaidanpress.com/2017/05/20/first-oyster-farm-in-mainland-ukraine/

First oyster farm in mainland Ukraine plans to ramp up production
<http://euromaidanpress.com/2017/05/20/first-oyster-farm-in-mainland-ukraine/>

2017/05/20 - 21:20 • Economy
<http://euromaidanpress.com/category/news/economy-news/>, Ukraine
<http://euromaidanpress.com/category/ukraine/>

Skifian Oyster, the first oyster farm in mainland Ukraine, appeared
<http://skifian.com.ua/o_nas> in 2014. The name refers to Scythia, the
ancient Greek name for the northern coast of the Black Sea and all the
lands north-east of Europe. The enterprise is situated on the coast of the
Black Sea.

Key terms:
Black Sea Biosphere Reserve
Tuzly Lagoons National Nature Park


The farm employs 5 persons, 15 more persons work for the company. Today the
farm produces 40 tons of oysters per year and plans to ramp up production
to 100 tons per year.

The enterprise was founded by a former owner of an IT company, *Andre
Pigulevsky*. He decided to establish his new business when he learned the
history of oyster farming in Ukraine. It turned out that Ukraine was a
world-famous oyster exporter in the 1880’s. Co-owner of the company *Serge
Stakhov* worked in the construction field and participated in
infrastructure projects before he switched to oyster farming.

Andre told
<https://www.obozrevatel.com/blogs/78654-ustritsyi-v-ukraine-ili-kak-postroit-uspeshnyij-biznes.htm>
that they had found an appropriate place for the farm in Crimea at the end
of 2013, but the annexation of Crimea frustrated their plans. In 2014,
farmers settled their first oyster spat on the coast of mainland Ukraine in
Kherson Oblast near the Black Sea Biosphere Reserve and they had their
first harvest of oysters in 2015. Later the farm was moved to the area of
Tuzly Lagoons National Nature Park in Odesa Oblast.

A baby oyster. Photo: FB andre.pigulevsky[image: adult oyster]
An adult oyster. Photo: FB andre.pigulevsky

Leading scientists take part in the company’s work. The National Academy of
Sciences of Ukraine carries out research on the premises of the oyster farm.

The owner of the oyster farm, *Andre Pigulevsky*, stated
<http://nv.ua/ukr/project/zanimatsya-tem-chto-lubish-pol.html> in 2016, *“Our
coast of the Black sea has huge potential for growing seashells, shrimps,
fish in great volumes. But for now we have only single small farms, and the
state could stimulate the development of domestic sea farming in Ukraine.”*
However, in his comment to Euromaidan Press <http://euromaidanpress.com/>
Mr. Pigulevsky specified, that a year later he is not so optimistic about
shrimp-growing, but seashell and fish farming on the coast of the Black sea
can really offer great opportunities.

*“We are going to resurrect the oyster business in Ukraine to the full,
reach the harvest of 11-13 million oysters per year in 10-15 years on the
Black sea coast,”* Andre Pigulevsky lays bare his plans and adds, *“Since
oysters started often to die of unknown diseases in the Atlantic, the Black
sea stands a good chance to be an oyster ‘Klondike’ in 15-30 years.”*

Andre thinks that Ukraine may become a quite serious player at the European
market, supplying such products as oysters, mussels, mullets. *“There are
high-end fish species in the Black sea. With the due attention of the
business community and authorities, this may become a serious item of
export and create hundreds of thousands of jobs across the entire coast,”*
Mr. Pigulevsky believes.

As of today, Skifian Oyster is the only maricultural farm in mainland
Ukraine.

Experts believe
<http://www.eatglobe.com/news/fishing/146-ukraine-to-produce-mussels-oysters.html>
that at least 20-30 thousand tons of shellfish can be harvested annually in
the Black and Azov Seas.

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<http://euromaidanpress.com/2015/07/18/ukraine-has-enormous-human-potential-danish-businessman/>*
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<http://euromaidanpress.com/2016/03/23/dutchinua-ukrainian-potential-is-huge-dutch-businessman/>*
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<http://euromaidanpress.com/2016/03/25/crimea-remains-ukrainian-despite-annexation/>*
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<http://euromaidanpress.com/2016/02/27/strawberries-bring-prosperity-to-ukrainian-village/>*
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<http://euromaidanpress.com/2016/03/24/ukraine-is-an-emerging-agri-food-exporter-says-coordinator-of-the-dutch-business-conglomerate/>*
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