Recreational fishing is a popular and widespread form of active recreation among the local population and guests of the Kamchatka Territory.

On April 22, 2024, specialists from the Novgorod branch of VNIRO, together with the department of state control, supervision and fisheries protection for the Novgorod region, went to the river. Sokovaya in the area of the village of Novaya Melnitsa, Novgorod district, to check information posted on social networks about an oil spill into the watercourse.

 

As part of the survey, samples of hydrobiological material were taken to assess possible damage to aquatic biological resources and their habitat. Desk processing of samples is carried out.

 

VNIRO press service

In order to popularize responsible recreational fishing and demonstrate the recreational potential of recreational fishing, the All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO) on a nationwide scale in 2024 is holding the “Fishing in Science” Championship for recreational fishing among the branches of the institute.

The scientific expedition of specialists from the Kamchatka branch of "VNIRO" ("KamchatNIRO") to the favorite fishing spot - the river - has ended. Uka (Karaginsky district).

Employees of the laboratory of marine and freshwater fish of the Sakhalin branch of VNIRO traditionally monitor the state of capelin and Pacific herring stocks.

During the period from April 10 to April 11, 2024, specialists of JSC “Agency “Agriculture” (Vologda) underwent additional professional training under the program “Modern aspects of feed production and feeding of aquaculture objects.” Classes were held in the department of feed and feed components of the Central Institute of VNIRO and on the basis of the Branch for Freshwater Fisheries (VNIIPRH).

The Freshwater Fisheries Branch of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution VNIRO (VNIIPRH) successfully completed activities within the framework of the VNIRO project “Vacations in Rybnoye”.

On April 10, 2024, the 1st stage of the amateur fishing competition of the Northern Branch of the All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO) “FISHERING BY SCIENCE” took place.

In March 2024, as part of the state monitoring of aquatic biological resources in reservoirs of the Leningrad region, an expedition group of the St. Petersburg branch of the All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO) consisting of the head of the hydrobiology laboratory A.V. Shatsky and senior researcher Yu.A. Zueva conducted planned field studies to collect materials to assess the reserves of chironomids, an important group of benthic organisms that are the target of fishing, in the reservoirs of the Vyborg region.

 

Annual research covers lakes Pobednoye and Vishnevskoye. On each reservoir, seasonal observations were carried out at 10-12 permanent stations. During the work, specialists from the St. Petersburg branch of VNIRO took more than 40 hydrobiological samples to assess chironomid stocks. The collection of primary hydrological data, hydrochemical samples and other information characterizing the habitat of aquatic biological resources was also carried out.

 

VNIRO press service