Trout farm in Osmoloda

A forestry engineer, public and military figure, private associate professor at the Ukrainian Economic Academy in Podebraty, Doctor of Philosophy, Law and Forestry, M. Sayevich, appointed by Metropolitan A. Sheptytsky as a steward of the metropolitan forests, founded the Forest Museum and an exemplary trout farm near the village of Osmoloda. Today, the trout farm of the Osmoloda State Forestry is the largest in the region.

In 1934, engineer M. Saevych organized the Museum of Nature in the Lyutoshary tract near Osmoloda, which included five departments: forest, hunting, fishing, beekeeping, and library. The functioning of such a museum in the very center of Horhany, in an area where tourism was widespread, the famous Carpathian resort Narodna Lichnytsia was operating, youth plast and scout organizations held annual summer sports camps, and children's health camps were operating, was an important propaganda tool for spreading environmental ideas.

It was difficult to develop due to a lack of funds, but in the sixties it was expanded, 34 more ponds and a water supply channel were added, and the farm area was increased.
Only clean water is used to raise fish, especially for the hatchery. They decided to build the farm in Osmoloda because the water temperature in the Limnytsia River (which is supplied to the ponds by the canal) and its tributaries cannot exceed 18-20 degrees and it is very clean. Trout is a picky fish in terms of water temperature, purity and food. The fish do not get sick because the ponds are constantly cleaned and the fish are treated with medicines. This farm has all the conditions for raising fish from eggs to healthy large fish. The fry feed is of different types and is brought from Lviv, and it is brought to Lviv from Poland. The process of caviar harvesting is very delicate and painstaking, as you need to work quickly and accurately. About 900 thousand eggs are usually incubated. About 30-40% of this number of fry are released into mountain waters.

The risk of keeping trout is flooding. Sometimes even the water pressure can take away the pond. This is a constant risk due to natural conditions. In total, 6 people are involved in the work, who work around the clock and take care of the farm. You can't catch fish on this farm, because they are crippled. You can only buy it, and it costs 156 hryvnias per kilogram. And first of all, this is not a business, it is the restoration of trout in nature.