On the eve of the professional holiday – Fisheries Workers’ Day, which is annually celebrated on the second Sunday of July, the General Director of the FishRPC, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor, Academician of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan Isbekov K.B. congratulated the staff of the institute on the upcoming holiday.

As part of the congratulations, letters of gratitude were presented to the employees of the head office, branches, as well as invited guests – representatives of the Balkhash-Alakol interregional basin inspection of fisheries of the Committee of Fisheries of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Republican Association of Public Associations of Fishermen and Fisheries Entities, fishing enterprises.

In the Republic of Kazakhstan, Fisheries Workers’ Day was approved as an official professional holiday in 2017.

This day symbolizes the recognition of the importance of the fisherman’s profession, his contribution to ensuring food security of the country and preserving aquatic bioresources.