An observer from the Polar Branch of VNIRO conducted scientific research on a fishing vessel in the waters of the Barents Sea
27 December 2024

An observer from the Polar Branch of VNIRO conducted scientific research on a fishing vessel in the waters of the Barents Sea

Sergey Sidorov, chief specialist of the regulatory support laboratory of the Polar Branch of the Russian State Research Center “All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography” (VNIRO), completed observations on the vessel VK-0733 “Andrey Smirnov”.
 
The main objective of the research was to collect data on the Kamchatka crab fishery in the 2024 season, spatial distribution, biological characteristics, by-catch of females, juveniles and pre-recruits of crab in the fishery in the Barents Sea.
 
 
Press service of VNIRO