14 August 2025

VNIRO specialists have begun research on the Volgograd and Saratov reservoirs

Since August 13 of this year, specialists from the Middle Volga and Saratov branches of the Russian State Research Center of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO) have begun comprehensive studies of the state of aquatic biological resources and their habitats in the Volgograd and Saratov reservoirs.
 
The main objectives of the research are:
 
  • assessment of the number and biomass of commercial fish stocks
  • assessment of the safety of fisheries for consumers
  • assessment of the state of the fish food supply (phytoplankton, zooplankton, zoobenthos)
  • study of the hydrochemical regime and assessment of the quality of the aquatic biological resources habitat
During the voyage, ichthyological, hydrological, hydrochemical, toxicological and hydrobiological observations will be carried out on the station grid.
 
The samples collected will be delivered to the specialized laboratories of the branches, where specialists will conduct office processing of the data obtained.
 
Press Service of VNIRO