Today, under the chairmanship of the General Director, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Ass.Prof. Isbekov K.B. a meeting of the Coordinating and Academic Councils of the “RPC of Fisheries” LLP is being held to review and approve the annual (interim) reports on R&D for 2022 under the Scientific and Technical Programs:

• STP “Scientific and technological support for the integrated development of aquaculture in Kazakhstan through the development and implementation of innovative technologies and new fish farming facilities”. Head of STP – Doctor of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor Asylbekova S.Zh.;
• STP “Complex assessment of the state of fish resources and other hydrobionts of the main fishing water reservoirs of Kazakhstan and the development of evidence-based recommendations for their sustainable use”. Head of STP – Doctor of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor Isbekov K.B.

These studies are carried out by order of the Fisheries Committee of the Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan (MEGNR RK). The following persons take part in the meeting:

• Representatives of the customer, the Fisheries Committee of the Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan (online);
• Representatives of the territorial inspection of fisheries (online);
• Scientists from all divisions of the “RPC of Fisheries” LLP (online and offline);
• Also, all interested, pre-registered persons take part in the online meeting.

Within the frame of STP “Scientific and technological support for the integrated development of aquaculture in Kazakhstan through the development and implementation of innovative technologies and new fish farming facilities” positive results were obtained in the field of genetics of fish and invertebrate hydrobionts, and the fodder bases of reservoirs were evaluated. Work was continued in the field of improving breeding technologies and creating rearing stocks of rare endemic fish both in the country’s natural waters and in conditions of artificial breeding. An assessment of the genetic polymorphism of sturgeon fish species was given. Standard technologies have been developed for the creation and operation of lake-commodity farms, technologies for creating artificial and live food for valuable species of fish and other hydrobionts are being introduced. 

The following persons spoke in the discussion of this STP:

• Representative of the “Association of Fisheries – BD” in the East Kazakhstan region, Anuarbekov S.M.;
• Chief Specialist of the Laboratory of Molecular Genetics of the FGBNU “VNIRO”, Volkov A.A.;
• Professor of the Department of Aquatic Bioresources and Aquaculture of the State Agrarian University of the Northern Trans-Urals, Russian Federation, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Litvinenko A.I. 
• Head of the Laboratory of Brackish Water Research of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Aladin N.V.

Within the framework of the NTP «Complex assessment of the state of fish resources and other hydrobionts of the main fishing water reservoirs of Kazakhstan and the development of evidence-based recommendations for their sustainable use» discussions will be continued at the next meeting.