To achieve this goal, in January 1956, a detachment of scientific exploration vessels of the Pacific Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (the abbreviation for the Pacific branch of the State Research Center of the Russian Federation "All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography" (VNIRO) at that time) was established within the Glavdalvostokrybprom (Glavkom "Dalryba") system. The detachment was based in Vladivostok. The mission of the detachment included supporting expeditionary scientific exploration of the institute and its branches, aimed at exploring marine bioresources throughout the Pacific basin and in the Indian Ocean.
Large-scale marine research began with the Bering Sea Complex Expedition (1957-1964), which involved research staff from VNIRO. Working under the leadership of Professor A.G. Kaganovsky and Professor P.A. Moiseyev, scientists from various specialties at two of the country's largest research institutes discovered highly productive areas in the Bering Sea, the Gulf of Alaska, and the Pacific coast of North America.
The research involved the R/V Ogon, the SRT Zhemchug, the SRT Baydar, the SRT Pervenets, and other vessels. The scientific results of the Bering Sea Complex Expedition were published in five volumes of the Proceedings of VNIRO ‒ Izvestia TINRO.
Key findings of the expedition: aggregations of flounder, herring, halibut, rockfish, crab, and shrimp were discovered.
Thanks to an active and regularly updated research fleet (59 units in 1985), Russian scientists created a reliable scientific basis for the harvesting of many commercial aquatic bioresources and made a significant contribution to fisheries science and the industry.
VNIRO Press Service