From September 9 to 13, as part of the state monitoring of aquatic biological resources, employees of the Vologda Institute, together with the expedition group of the ichthyology laboratory of the St. Petersburg branch of the State Research Center of the Russian Federation, the All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO), conducted field studies to assess the current state and number of natural populations of endangered species - Atlantic salmon and brown trout in the Megra River and its tributaries, the Lema, Kimreka, Pedazheka, and Yezhreka rivers of the Vytegorsky District.
During the research, only young brown trout were caught. After measurements and scale sampling to determine the age composition of the catches, all the young were released alive into water bodies.
The studies showed that the potential of the Megra River and its tributaries in the reproduction of salmon species is significantly lower than the Andoma River basin, similar studies of which were conducted in 2023.
Press service of VNIRO