Ak-Balyk Creek

Ak-Balyk Creek ("white fish") is a clear, cold tributary of the Chatkal in the Chatkal Highlands planning zone of the Autonomous Tribal Regions. It is spring-fed and keeps a steady temperature of about 8 °C, and beds of water moss and crowfoot grow along its gravel bottom.^[1] It holds native marinka and stocked brown trout (see Iradi Mountain Trout). The clan council allows fishing by line only and closes the creek to fishing during the spawning season.^[2]

References

1. ^ Talas State University, Department of Zoology (2020). Fishes and Fisheries of the Naryn and Chatkal Basins. Talas: Talas State University Press.
2. ^ United Nations Mission in Irad (2022). Settlements and Services in the Chatkal Highlands Zone. Kara-Oi.