In October of this year, as part of the implementation of the national project "Unmanned Aircraft Systems", the branch received a quadcopter from the domestic manufacturer GC "Geoscan". As part of the expansion of the fleet of drones, the branch employees will undergo training at the manufacturer's training base.
Also, in order to exchange professional knowledge between the Far Eastern branches of VNIRO, the leading specialist of the Magadan branch Khabarov P.V. completed an internship from October 30 to November 2 at the Khabarovsk branch, acquiring new competencies in processing materials on the accounting and spawning of Pacific salmon obtained using UAVs. Practical classes included familiarization with the software used by specialists of the Khabarovsk branch to build orthophotoplans of river sections, calculate spawning areas in these programs, as well as the density of salmon producers in the surveyed sections of the rivers.
"Research using UAVs seems to be a very promising direction in fisheries science," said the head of the Magadan branch, Evgeny Metelev, "For several years now, we have been practicing the technology of accounting for the approaches of spawning herring and studying its spawning grounds using UAVs at a model site - the Olskaya Lagoon. Since 2023, we have begun to transfer the accumulated experience to the accounting of Pacific salmon. The short-term goal we are striving for is to study nearby rivers using UAVs. And in the long term, with the development of unmanned technologies and their increased availability, a complete transition to aerial visual research using UAVs is possible."
VNIRO Press Service
