From July 15 to 29, the expedition team carried out research on the reservoirs of the Alakol lake system consisting of: ichthyologists – senior researcher Danko E.K., head of the expedition team Karlybayuly S., junior researcher Pangereeva B., hydrobiologists – head of the expedition team Minat A. and senior laboratory assistant Zamandinova Z. on the topic “Determination of fish productivity of fishery reservoirs and / or their sectors, development of biological justifications for the maximum allowable catches of fish and other aquatic animals, the regime and regulation of fishing in fishery reservoirs of international, republican significance and reservoirs of protected areas of the Balkhash-Alakol basin”, section: Alakol lake system. 

During the business trip, ichthyological, hydrobiological and hydrological material was collected from the monitoring points of the fishing areas (western and southern) of Lake Alakol and lake Koshkarkol. An echo sounding survey was carried out to record for the number of fish in the southern and western waters of Lake Alakol. Control fishing was also carried out on lake Koshkarkol. Currently, research on control fishing continues on the lake. Sasykkol and in the eastern region of Lake Alakol. In addition, studies were carried out on 6 mountain reservoirs of the Alakol district of local importance to assess their suitability for fisheries: Maikankol, Abzhanov, Zhazylbekov, Satybay, Kolesnikov and Daulet. The work was also attended by the head of the Usharal inspection Zhumankulov K..