The West-Kazakhstan branch “Scientific and Production Center of Fisheries” was organized in 2006 to carry out research work on the reservoirs of the region that are of fishing importance.

The West Kazakhstan branch of the RPC of Fishery LLP constantly monitors the state of ecosystems, water bodies of West Kazakhstan and Aktobe regions, developing a biological basis for the rational use and reproduction of fish stocks, gives annual forecasts of fish catch volumes, proposals for rules and mode of fishing. Every year, on the basis of a branch of scientific evidence goes Ordinance to catch limits of fish from the waters of the Government of West Kazakhstan and Aktobe regions. Accumulated many years of data bank on hydrology, hydrobiology, hydrochemistry and composition of fish fauna of the studied reservoirs.