The long-clawed crayfish is a representative of the order of decapod crayfish and one of the main freshwater representatives of its order in Russia, an important commercial object in the Azov-Black Sea fishery basin.

At the present stage, dynamic natural, climatic and anthropogenic changes are taking place in the Azov Sea basin, which certainly have an impact on the raw material base of fisheries.

Since 2014, at the initiative of the Vologda branch of the State Research Center of the Russian Federation "All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography" (VNIRO), events for the artificial reproduction of rare and vulnerable fish species have been held in the region on an ongoing basis using funds from compensation measures for damage caused to aquatic bioresources by economic activities.

Specialists of the Tatar branch of the State Research Center of the Russian Federation “All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography” (VNIRO) have completed the summer cycle of studies aimed at studying the efficiency of natural reproduction of commercial fish species and the survival rate of their young in the Kuibyshev Reservoir.

Scientists from the Polar Branch of the Russian State Research Center “All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography” (VNIRO) spent 19 days on a research cruise on the research vessel “Professor Boyko”, where they conducted comprehensive studies of the coastal biocenoses of the Barents and White Seas.

From July 14 to 18, specialists from the Upper Volga Department and the laboratory of aquatic biological resources of the freshwater fisheries branch of the Russian State Research Center of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO) carried out a series of scientific activities at the Vazuzskoye Reservoir, located in the Tver and Smolensk regions.

In the summer of 2025, specialists from the Northern Branch of the Russian State Research Center “All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography” (VNIRO) are conducting scientific research in the waters of the Bolvan Bay of the Barents Sea.

Based on the results of the latest research, specialists from the Sakhalin branch of the Russian State Research Center “All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography” (VNIRO) have identified and described a new genus and species of amphipods.

Specialists of the Azov-Black Sea branch of the State Research Center of the Russian Federation "All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography" (VNIRO) continue monitoring studies of aquatic biological resources and their habitat in the water bodies of the Northern Azov region.

Specialists from the aquaculture laboratory of the Ural branch of the Russian State Research Center “All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography” (VNIRO) conducted expeditions to the Shershnevskoye and Yuzhnouralskoye reservoirs (Chelyabinsk region), Polevskoye reservoir (Sverdlovsk region) and the Uvelka River to comprehensively assess aquatic biological resources (ABR) and their habitat.