By: Tobias Siegal – The Jerusalem Post; jpost.com
Populating the Kinneret with mullets usually takes place once a year. It’s done in order to preserve the lake’s quality of water by maintaining a balanced population of algae.
Some 50,000 flathead grey mullet fish found a new home in the Kinneret on Wednesday, as part of an effort to preserve the ecosystem of Israel’s most important lake, the Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry announced.
Populating the Kinneret with mullets usually takes place once a year. It’s done in order to preserve the lake’s ecological system and quality of water by maintaining a balanced population of algae.