In the third ten-day period of March, the research vessel (RV) Professor Kaganovsky began a comprehensive research program in the waters of the Southern Kuril Islands and the Sea of ​​Okhotsk. The RV left Vladivostok on its first voyage this year on March 19.

The Red Book of the Volgograd Region was established on October 13, 2004 by the Resolution of the Head of the Administration of the Volgograd Region No. 981 "On the Red Book of the Volgograd Region".

On March 20, 2025, an extended colloquium was held at the Azov-Black Sea branch of the Russian State Research Center of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO), where the head of the World Ocean sector of the Kerch department, Alexander Zaitsev, presented a report on the results of scientific observations of the Antarctic toothfish fishery in the high-latitude Ross and Amundsen Seas.

On March 26-27, 2025, the VI International Arctic Forum was held in Murmansk. It is the largest event for discussing topical issues of the integrated development of Arctic territories, developing effective mechanisms for the joint use and development of the rich resources of the Arctic region at various levels.

On March 28, 2025, a meeting of the public council under the regional Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment was held in the Government of the Rostov Region. Its work was headed by Alexander Kolganov, Chairman of the Council.

Due to the increase in salinity in the Sea of ​​Azov, favorable conditions have developed for the habitation of marine invertebrates that are of interest for fishing.

On March 27, a meeting of the Tasting Council of the State Research Center of the Russian Federation "All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography" (VNIRO) was held. Samples of canned fish "Larga Liver Pate" presented at the tasting were manufactured by IP Borisov V.V. (Magadan) in accordance with the requirements of TU 10.20.25-413-35313404-2021 "Canned goods. Liver pate of aquatic mammals". Sterilization modes have been developed and approved for the new range of canned goods.

Specialists from the Kamchatka branch of the Russian State Research Center “All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography” (VNIRO) conduct observations of Steller sea lions at all rookeries located within the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, collect information on their numbers, age and sex composition. Currently, about 80 Steller sea lions can be seen in the city waters.

On March 24, Oksana Dudina, Head of the Postgraduate and Doctoral Studies Department of the Russian State Research Center of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO), and Marina Tronina, Academic Secretary of the Dissertation Defense Council for the Degree of Candidate of Sciences and the Degree of Doctor of Sciences 37.1.001.02, created on the basis of VNIRO, took part in the work of the scientific and practical seminar "Current Issues of Developing the System of State Certification of Scientific and Scientific-Pedagogical Workers", held by the Higher Attestation Commission under the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia and the Department of Certification of Scientific and Scientific-Pedagogical Workers of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia on the basis of the Don State Technical University (Rostov-on-Don).

At the end of March 2025, the spawning campaign for beluga producers, which are part of the Unique Scientific Facility "Bioresource Collection of VBR" of VNIRO, was launched at the Scientific and Experimental Aquaculture Complex "BIOS" of the Volga-Caspian Branch of the State Scientific Center of the Russian Federation "All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography" (VNIRO). This work is aimed at obtaining viable offspring of a valuable fish species and its release into the natural habitat within the framework of the State assignment for the purpose of artificial reproduction.