On March 5, a working meeting of representatives of the Northern Branch of the Russian State Research Center "All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography" (VNIRO), the Northern Sea Territorial Administration of the Federal Agency for Fisheries, the Assembly of Deputies and the Administration of the Mezen Municipal District, the State Inspectorate for Small Vessels of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia with organizers of amateur fishing and amateur fishermen who traditionally fish in the rivers and lakes of the Mezen Municipal District of the Arkhangelsk Region was held in the city of Mezen.

On March 6, the Central Institute of the State Research Center of the Russian Federation “All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography” (VNIRO) held a regular meeting of the Academic Council chaired by Oleg Bulatov, Director for Research.

On March 4 and 5, the Central Institute of the State Research Center of the Russian Federation “All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography” (VNIRO) held meetings of the Working Groups on assessing the total allowable catches (TAC) of priority objects of Russian fisheries for 2026.

Ice formation in the Sea of ​​Azov is determined by many factors, including air temperature in winter, location and depth of individual areas of the sea, their distance from the Kerch Strait, as well as alternation of warm and cold fronts in winter.

The ice regime of the Northern Caspian in January 2025 was relatively stable for most of the calendar month, the ice cover was within 21-29% of the total area of ​​the Northern Caspian.

On February 27, the Ural branch of the Russian State Research Center of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO) held the 1st (regional) stage of the VNIRO Amateur Fishing Championship "Fishing for Science". The competition was held on the Glubochny Reservoir (Polevskoy GO).

In the second ten-day period of February, ice phenomena with the formation of partial freeze-up on the Lower Volga began.

During the freeze-up period of the current year, as part of the program for monitoring aquatic biological resources and their habitat, specialists from the Volgograd branch of the Russian State Research Center of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO) conducted a survey of water bodies most susceptible to winter fish kills.

The Russian State Research Center of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO), with the support of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries of the Republic of Karelia, held the Conference "Aquaculture of Karelia. Looking Beyond the Horizon" on February 27 in Petrozavodsk.

At the end of 2024, specialists from the Kerch department of the Azov-Black Sea branch of the Russian State Research Center of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO) carried out a comprehensive trawl-acoustic survey to assess the effectiveness of natural reproduction, assess the biomass of the Black Sea anchovy and its food supply in the Russian sector of the Black Sea.