The export of processed artemia cysts has a huge potential and can become one of the main directions for the development of the domestic production of export-oriented starter biofeeds with a high added value for the needs of aquaculture. Stocks of artemia cysts that mined in Kazakhstan are exported in the primary processed form to the PRC at a low cost, approximately $2-8/kg. Certification of processed products, i.e. dry artemia cysts, will increase its value many times over, from about $30 to $300/kg, and thus open up opportunities for export to other countries, as well as provide domestic aquaculture producers with a quality product.

Currently, there is no regulatory procedure for the certification of artemia cysts in Kazakhstan and entrepreneurs cannot present competitive products to the international market. In this case, the laboratory of hydrobiology and hydroanalysts of the “RPC of Fisheries” LLP, together with the SPC of Microbiology and Virology, is working as part of the task of the targeted financing program (TFP) program “Assessment of production, genetic, chemical and microbiological parameters to develop recommendations for the certification of artemia cysts in reservoirs of Kazakhstan” for 2021 -2023. The work is aimed at developing recommendations for assessing the quality of artemia cysts in accordance with international requirements, for further certification and increasing the export potential of Kazakhstan.

In this regard, in 2021, 11 reservoirs of Pavlodar, Kyzylorda, North Kazakhstan regions were studied. This year it is planned to study 10 other reservoirs of the Republic of Kazakhstan. At the moment they are preparing for expeditionary trips.