The event was dedicated to discussing topical issues of the organization of fishing and the comprehensive study of aquatic biological resources in the region. The meeting was also attended by specialists from the Azov-Black Sea Territorial Administration of Rosrybolovstvo, the Ministry of Agriculture and Processing Industry of the Krasnodar Territory, as well as representatives of the border department of the Federal Security Service of Russia for the Krasnodar Territory.
Users of aquatic biological resources in the Krasnodar Territory carry out commercial fishing both in the waters of the Azov and Black Seas, which allows them to make a significant contribution to the total catch in the basin.
During the meeting, Vladimir Belousov, Deputy Head of VNIRO's Southern Branch, stressed the importance of joint work between fisheries science, regulatory authorities and representatives of the fishing industry. The main purpose of this activity is to ensure the rational and non-depletion exploitation of aquatic biological resources of the Azov-Black Sea basin, as well as to create conditions for the sustainable development of the region's fisheries sector in the long term.
The meeting participants discussed issues related to the current state of aquatic biological resources, as well as the problems faced by fishing organizations in their activities, and the prospects for the development of the fisheries sector in the region.
Natalia Khizhnyakova, a leading researcher at the Southern Branch of VNIRO, presented the results of the branch's work aimed at developing proposals for amendments to Fishing Regulations for the Azov-Black Sea Fisheries Basin. These proposals were received from users of aquatic biological resources in the period 2024-2025.
Representatives of fishing organizations, in turn, put forward a proposal to ban the use of nets in the coastal fishing of flounder in the waters of the Sea of Azov. They justified their position by the need to switch to the use of fixed seines, which will minimize the by-catch of sturgeon species. Fishermen also called for stricter control over the illegal fishing of aquatic biological resources.
Following the meeting, the participants agreed on the need to consolidate the efforts of all stakeholders to ensure the rational and sustainable use of aquatic biological resources in the Azov-Black Sea basin, which will preserve the region's biodiversity, ensure food security and contribute to the socio-economic development of the Krasnodar Territory.
VNIRO Press Service