In 2023-2025, the FishRPC carries out research work on the research and technological program BR21882122 «Sustainable development of natural, economic and socio-economic systems of the West Kazakhstan region in the Context of Green Growth: A Comprehensive Analysis, Concept, Forecast Estimates and Scenarios» block: fish resources.

The main idea of ​​the Megaproject is to form a set of indicators characterizing the sustainability of the ecological, socio-economic development of the West Kazakhstan region in the field of using fish resources and the biopotential of water bodies, on their basis to assess the provision of the population with fish products, the quality of the aquatic environment for biota, to identify the development potential using the created databases and thematic maps.

For 2025, in accordance with the Calendar Plan, it is planned to solve the following tasks:

1. To give a forecast assessment of the current state of the bioresource potential of water bodies of the West Kazakhstan region and the economic and resource potential of the territories with the creation of a series of information and assessment maps.
2. Develop scientifically based measures for the rational use of fish resources with a series of forecast and recommendation maps for sustainable development and ensuring food independence for fish and fish products in the West Kazakhstan region.
3. Determining the paths of sustainable development of territories based on the assessment of natural capital and the cost of ecosystem services of water bodies in the West Kazakhstan region for the current (base) and alternative development options…. in the context of climate change and economic activity.

June 23-24 Monitoring studies of water bodies (water sampling for environmental quality, food supply and net setting) continue in the Aktobe reservoir with the participation of Assylbekova S.Zh. – Deputy General Director, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Head of the “Fish resources” block and employees of the West Kazakhstan branch Tumenov A.N. – PhD, director of the West Kazakhstan branch, Pilin D.V., – senior research fellow, Tuleuov A.M. – senior research fellow, Bulekov N.U. – head of the expeditionary detachment, Dnekeshev A.K.- research fellow, Zhunusov B.Zh. – driver.