As a result of a tense competition of fishing skills and luck, the best VNIRO fisherman in the Northern Fisheries Basin was determined. He was an experienced field ichthyologist, Andrey Ignashev, a senior specialist in the laboratory of aquatic bioresources of the Vologda branch of VNIRO. He caught 37 specimens with a total weight of 980 grams. Participants' certificates were awarded to Vadim Timofeev, a junior specialist of the Northern branch (11 specimens, 340 grams); Mikhail Dvinin, engineer of the Polar Branch (2 specimens, 30 gr.) and Vladimir Bogdanov, driver-laboratory assistant of the Karelian branch of VNIRO (1 specimen, 20 gr.). The catches included roach, bream, bleak, white bream, ide, rudd, and perch.
After the awards ceremony, the participants of the competition went on an excursion to the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve, where they learned about the history of the largest monastery in Russia.
The staff of the institute congratulates Andrey Ignashev on his well-deserved victory and the right to represent the Northern Fisheries Basin in the final of the VNIRO championship "Fishing for Science".
Press service of VNIRO