From July 16 to the present, the employees of the FishRPC (acting head of the expeditionary team Bakkozha Zh., head of the ichthyology laboratory Sansyzbaev E.T., laboratory assistant Iskakov A.B.) have been conducting research work on the Shu-Talas basin under Program 267 (subprogram 101) “Analysis of biological diversity, molecular genetic identification of alien species and assessment of the sustainability of hydrobiocenoses of fishery waters to external influences” and research on “Development of the Red Book of Animals of Kazakhstan and an electronic database of rare and endangered animals.”

The purpose of the work is to analyze the dynamics of biological diversity and develop measures for its conservation.