Scientists from the Azov-Black Sea branch of the Russian State Research Center of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO) have completed the first scientific stage of the VNIRO Large Freshwater Expedition in the lower reaches of the Don River.

Specialists from the Pacific and Kamchatka branches of the Russian State Research Center “All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography” (VNIRO) went to sea on May 30 on the research vessel “TINRO” and began complex research work in the Pacific waters of the Kuril Islands and in the northwestern part of the Pacific Ocean.

Specialists from the Northern Branch of the Russian State Research Center “All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography” (VNIRO) carried out monitoring observations at a complex semi-diurnal station in Yandova Bay of the Dvina Gulf of the White Sea. This area is a natural spawning ground for herring, a feeding ground for juveniles of the main commercial fish species.

Since May 28, the research vessel Oleg Betin has begun conducting research in the waters of the Azov Sea and Taganrog Bay.

In May 2025, a herring survey was conducted in the northern part of the Caspian Sea on the research vessel "Gidrobiologist" of the Volga-Caspian branch of the State Research Center of the Russian Federation "All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography" (VNIRO).

A cooperation agreement was signed between the Volgograd Region Administration and the Russian State Scientific Center “All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography” — the signatures were put in the presence of the head of the region Andrei Bocharov by Deputy Governor Vasily Ivanov and Director of VNIRO Kirill Kolonchin.

Members of the Board of the State Research Center of the Russian Federation "All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography" (VNIRO), which is taking place in Volgograd, headed by the director, Doctor of Economics Kirill Kolonchin and Deputy Governor Vasily Ivanov laid flowers at the monument-ensemble "To the Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad" - Mamayev Kurgan, to honor the memory of the heroes who defended the Motherland during the Great Patriotic War.

In 2025, the spring fishing season began later than usual due to weather conditions; fishermen only went fishing on March 10.

As part of the visiting Collegium of the State Scientific Center of the Russian Federation "All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography" (VNIRO), which is taking place on May 28-29 in the hero city of Volgograd, a ceremonial event was held to assign the name of the war hero, front-line soldier, veteran of Labor, director of the Volgograd branch of GosNIORKh V.V. Vasiliev to the research vessel of the Middle Volga branch of VNIRO.

The Tyumen branch of the Russian State Research Center of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO) stocked the nursery fish hatcheries with whitefish larvae. After gaining the required weight, the grown-up young fish will replenish the natural populations of valuable fish in the Ob-Irtysh basin.