On July 16–18, employees of the Azov-Black Sea branch of the All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO) conducted an excursion for first-year students of the Academy of Biology and Biotechnology of the Southern Federal University as part of early career guidance for young people, taking into account their individual characteristics and motivation to work in the branch.

On the basis of the Order of the President of the Russian Federation, the Deputy Director of VNIRO, the head of the Tyumen branch, Evgeniy Darinov, was awarded with the Presidential Gratitude.

The “Living Taiga” project was organized from July 11 to 15 on Popov Island by the interregional environmental press club “Last Wednesday” with the support of the Presidential Grants Fund, the “Sea of ​​Opportunities” competition, FESCO and the assistance of the Federal State Budgetary Institution “Land of the Leopard”, the administration of Vladivostok, the Pacific Branch All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO), ANO "Razvitie", Khabarovsk regional branch of the All-Russian Society for Nature Conservation, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, IGO "Clean Games", "Union for Good", Volunteer Center of VVGU, company "Tanira", bakery Mister Gingerbread.

Volgograd specialists, as part of a joint production environmental monitoring with the Saratov branch of the All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO), carried out an expeditionary trip to the water bodies of the Don Basin in order to carry out work to monitor the impact of ongoing economic activities on aquatic biological resources and their habitat during the period construction of the South European Gas Pipeline facility.

The Perm branch of the All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO) hosted a visiting ceremonial meeting of employees dedicated to Fisherman’s Day. Traditionally, the branch staff celebrates “Fisherman’s Day” in nature. This year the Sylvensky Bay of the Kama Reservoir was chosen.

From July 8 to July 20, the annual design and educational intensive “Archipelago-24” was held in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, dedicated to the development and use of air and sea unmanned vehicles.

Every year, the “Elistinsky” department of the Volga-Caspian branch of the All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO) conducts research on spawning grounds off the Kalmyk coast of the Northern Caspian Sea to assess the effectiveness of natural fish reproduction, which depends on fluctuations in water levels, mainly changing under the influence of surge winds in the shallow western part of the Northern Caspian, the temperature regime and the volume of the Volga runoff, which also has a significant impact on the flooding of spawning grounds in the north of this water area.

The Volga-Caspian branch of the All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO) continues work to replenish the stocks of sturgeon species in the Caspian basin.

In the period from July 11 to 12, as part of the state assignment, employees of the Verkhne-Volzhsky department of the Freshwater Fisheries Branch of the All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO) carried out ichthyological surveys at the Ivankovskoye Reservoir in the Tver Region.

The competition was organized by the Pacific branch of the All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO) and took place on the eve of the celebration of Fisherman's Day in the coastal waters of Peter the Great Bay.