VNIRO employees are assessing the power of Pacific salmon approaches to spawning rivers in the Sakhalin Region using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)

As part of scientific support for the salmon run in July 2024, employees of the Sakhalin branch of the All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO) began surveying spawning streams and counting the number of salmon producers using photo and video recording from a UAV in the southern part of Sakhalin Island. The work is simultaneously accompanied by walking tours and assessment of thermal conditions.