He obtained data on the spatial distribution of crab clusters in the fishing area, their biological state, by-catch of non-commercial males and females, fish and other aquatic organisms.
The research results are necessary for developing forecasts of varying lead times and recommendations for the rational exploitation and effective use of commercial invertebrate stocks in the Barents Sea.
Specialist of the scientific expedition department of the branch Viktor Popov worked as an observer on the commercial fishing trawler M-0341 "Novaya Zemlya" in the NAFO regulation area.
The main objectives were to study the patterns of formation of accumulations, distribution and behavior of commercial fish depending on their biological state, environmental conditions and fishing intensity, study the biological state of other aquatic organisms, parasitological observations, analysis of the distribution of marine mammals, collection of statistics on the state of the raw material base.
The results obtained will be used to clarify the state of bottom fish stocks in the NAFO RR, determine the TAC and in forecasts of varying lead times, to prepare materials for the NEAFC, NAFO Working Groups, and to protect the interests of the Russian fishing industry at the international level.
Press Service of VNIRO