Currently, the objects of marine fishing in the Caspian Sea include Caspian sprats - common, anchovy, big-eyed; sea migratory herring - Dolginskaya, Caspian and big-eyed puzanka; mullet and gobies.

On December 17, an extended meeting on the development of fisheries in the Arctic zone of Krasnoyarsk Krai was held in Dudinka, Taimyr.

On December 23, on the eve of the New Year, an evening of classical music was held at the State Scientific Center of the Russian Federation "All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography" (VNIRO).

On December 19, the Russian State Research Center of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO) held its annual Board meeting to summarize the work of fisheries scientists from the Central Institute and VNIRO branches in 2024.

In 2024, specialists from the Sakhalin branch of the Russian State Research Center “All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography” (VNIRO) carried out research work on the topic “Comprehensive environmental survey of the natural monument of regional significance “Lake Tunaycha” in terms of studying the ecological state of the lake.

According to the results of the large-scale competition of the Russian Science Foundation "Conducting Fundamental Scientific Research and Exploratory Scientific Research by Small Individual Research Groups", two applications of the State Research Center of the Russian Federation "All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography" (VNIRO) were supported in 2024.

Last week, the Atlantic Branch of the Russian State Research Center of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO) hosted a video conference between experts from the branch and the Nigerian Institute of Oceanography and Marine Research (NIOMR), as well as the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries of Sao Tome and Principe (MADR), to agree on preliminary programs for joint research in the Nigerian and Sao Tome and Principe zones during the Great African Expedition of 2024-2026.

Throughout the growing season, researchers and specialists from the Pskov branch of the Russian State Research Center of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO) studied the hydrochemical and hydrobiological features of the habitat of aquatic bioresources in the reservoir, the state of the fish food supply, and the possible influence of environmental factors on the conditions for reproduction and fattening of fish in the reservoir.

On December 12-13, the XIV International Forum "The Arctic: the Present and the Future named after A.N. Chilingarov" was held in St. Petersburg.

The Great African Expedition is currently in full swing, carried out by two research vessels - STM "Atlantniro" and STM "Atlantis", equipped with modern oceanographic, acoustic and other scientific equipment. One vessel has already completed a bottom survey of aquatic bioresources in the Mauritania area and a survey of the replenishment of small pelagic fish in the Morocco zone and continues to survey replenishment in Mauritania. The second vessel is conducting research on demersal aquatic bioresources in the Republic of Guinea zone. Thus, both research vessels are working in the Northwest Africa area. This is no coincidence.