Head of Laboratory:
Mariya Simon,
Ph.D of Agricultural Sciences, Senior Research Scientist,
Dep. Editor-in-Chief of the "Fisheries Science of Ukraine"
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Scientists of the Institute of Fisheries of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine cooperate with more than thirty scientific institutions in 16 countries of Europe, Asia, and America. The main line is joining the efforts of scientists for solving the problems of aquatic bioresources and aquaculture.

In 1997, the institute was the initiator for creating the International Council of scientific and technical cooperation in the field of aquatic bioresources of inland water bodies, which included more than 10 scientific institutions of Central and Eastern European countries. The cooperation worked as bilateral and multilateral studies in the field of selection in aquaculture, conservation and restoration of valuable and endangered fish species, development of resource saving technologies of fish rearing, fisheries exploitation of reservoirs and cooling water bodies of energetic systems, fish feeding, prevention of fish diseases, etc.

In 2004, the International Council was transformed into the Network of Aquaculture Centers in Central-Eastern Europe (NACEE), the main mandate of which was to coordinate research and development works in the field of aquatic bioresources and aquaculture in this region. The Institute of Fisheries is an associate contractor in following research topics: carp selection, sturgeon culture, conservation of aquatic bioresources, and others. Currently, the Institute of Fisheries participates in the project “Technological platform of aquaculture development in Central and Eastern Europe with the possibility of further integration into a common European scientific space”. The Institute is also a member of the European Aquaculture Association, with which it cooperates in different fields of fisheries science.

There are programs of internships of young scientists and trainings in new methods and techniques of research, selection, molecular-genetic and biochemical studies developed with research institutions of Europe and America, as well as Asia.

The Laboratory also administers patent studies – search, processing, systematization, and analysis of scientific and technical information. The studies are carried out for obtaining basic data for the justified selection of the line of research, application of modern achievements and excluding unjustified duplication of scientific works. If the research and development work is completed successfully, the Department ensures the acquisition of rights related to such objects of intellectual property as inventions, utility models, commercial specimens, trademarks, copyright objects, etc. Performing the works in different fields of intellectual property, the specialists of our Institute accumulated sufficient potential and practical experience (more than 130 copyright protection documents were obtained), which allowed them to take the rightful place in the national system of the intellectual property protection in the field of agriculture, in particular, in the field of fisheries science.

Chief  librarian
Tetyana Shvets
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The library of the Institute of Fisheries NAAS is a specialized scientific-accessory subdivision, which carries out information-bibliographic and library support of institute’s scientific research.

The library has a specialized stock of scientific literature on aquaculture, inland fisheries, ichthyology, hydroecology, hydrobiology, general biology, zoology, hydrotechnics, aquaculture economy.

The thorough use of the library stock is facilitated by the reference-bibliographic tool composed of catalogues and file-cabinets. The card variant has alphabetical and systematic catalogues, which include Institute reports, periodic journals, dissertations and dissertation abstracts, articles of the Institute employees (partially). The electronic catalogue created on the IRBIS system base include monographs, collections of scientific articles, articles from periodicals and other publications.

The scientific library stock is composed of about 50 000 items and contains all types of print publications.

Major areas of the library activities are:

1. forming, storing and organizing the rational use of document-information resources necessary for research activities of the Institute;
2. information-bibliographic and library support of library users;
3. scientific processing of documents and organization of reference-bibliographic tool of the library.

The library provides information and library-bibliographic services to scientists, specialists, postgraduate students, students of higher education institutions. Provision of services to readers is performed through subscription, in reading room and through an inter-library exchange system.

Provision of services of readers:

April – September:
Mon. – Thus. from 9:00 to 17:00;
Fr. from 9:00 to 14:00.

October – March:
Mon. – Thus. from 9:00 to 16:00;
Fr. from 9:00 to 14:00.

Lunch break from 12:00 to 12:30.

Head of the laboratory:
Dragan Liudmyla
Ph.D of Biological Sciences
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The laboratory has been created with a goal to carry out ecological studies of water, soils of inland water bodies and aquatic organisms, analysis of the effect of organic and mineral fertilizers on the development of natural food base of water bodies, detection of major pollutants in water bodies.

The importance of the laboratory activities is related to the fact that the efficiency of hydrobiont rearing rely heavily on the ecological state of water bodies. Currently, water bodies are continuously polluted by hazardous pollutants such as heavy metals, oil products, organochlorine pesticide, etc. The determination of pollutant levels is an important task because hydrobionts can transfer toxic substances to humans through the food chain. In addition, to meet the environmental legislation requirements, the organizations, the production activities of which has direct effect on the environment, have to perform in-house controls of both environmental pollution sources (effluent waters, industrial wastes from stationary pollution source, etc.) and nature objects (surface water bodies, bottoms, etc.). The main documents, which regulate the in-house control are Water and Land Codes of Ukraine, Law of Ukraine “On Environmental Protection”, Law of Ukraine “On the protection of atmospheric air”, Regulations on the collection of waste waters from the users to sewage system, Directives of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, guidelines, etc.

The methodology of the lab works is based on generally accepted methods of ecological, hydrochemical, toxicological studies, which are carried out in both laboratory and field conditions – on reservoirs and aquaculture enterprises.

Major areas of the laboratory activities:

1. creation and improvement of the methods used for complex fisheries studies adapted for specific conditions of the reservoirs of Ukraine;
2. modeling the ecological processes in water bodies of different purpose;
3. modeling the processes of dilution and mixing of the sewage waters of enterprises with surface natural waters;
4. development of normative documents on analytical ecological studies of the composition and properties of environmental components;
5. laboratory analytical ecological studies of water, soils and bottom sediments from water bodies of different purposes;
6. complex monitoring of the state of natural and artificial water objects;
7. environmental assessment of the quality of surface waters of Ukraine by classes and categories.

Propositions of services for individuals and legal entities:

• full chemical analysis of water quality;
• providing recommendations on the improvement of water quality for different purposes;
• consultative aid regarding the use of sorbents and reagents in water bodies;
• chemical analysis of soils;
• chemical analysis of frozen and chilled fish;
• chemical analysis of sewage waters and provision of recommendations on their purification.

The Laboratory of Ecological Studies of the Institute of Fisheries is attested by the State Enterprise “Ukrmetrteststandart” (attestation certificate № PT-223/13), has high qualified specialists, appropriate material and normative-methodical base for performing measurements of following parameters (according to the field of attestation):

surface waters, pond water, tank water (dissolved oxygen, carbon dioxide, pH, permanganate value, ammonium nitrogen, nitrates, nitrites, phosphates, total iron, ammonium, chlorides, sulphates, total hardness, calcium, potassium+sodium, mineralization, cadmium, copper, lead, zinc, nickel, manganese);

sewage (return) waters (odor, transparency, pH, ammonium nitrogen, nitrates, nitrites, phosphates, total iron, chlorides, sulphates, calcium, magnesium, mineralization);

frozen and chilled fish from inland water bodies (lead, cadmium, copper, zinc);

soils (lead, manganese, cadmium, copper, zinc);

drinking water (pH, permanganate value, ammonium nitrogen, nitrates, nitrites, phosphates, total iron, hydrocarbonates, chlorides, sulphates, total hardness, calcium, magnesium, mineralization.

The laboratory has prepared and improved a number of the methods for performing complex fisheries scientific studies adapted to the specific conditions of the water bodies of Ukraine.

Head of the laboratory:
Tetiana Grygorenko
Ph.D of Agricultural Sciences
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The aim of the laboratory is the study of the development of natural food supplys for fish culture water bodies and search for new effective methods for its increase; study of diets and trophic relationships of various fish species; development of the technologies of the cultivation of valuable invertebrates.

The important task of the laboratory activity is an increase in biological productivity of fishponds by intensifying the development of natural food supplys for fish; improvement of already existing and search for new effective methods for increasing natural food supplys with the use of non-traditional environmentally-friendly fertilizers; assessment of aquatic environment safety based on hydrobiological parameters (bioindication of surface waters).

Studies are performed with the use of standard methods generally accepted in hydrobiology, microbiology, ichthyology and aquaculture.

Major areas of the laboratory activities:

1. studies of the peculiarities of the formation of natural feed supplies (bacterioplankton, phytoplankton, zooplankton, zoobenthos) in aquaculture water bodies;
2. studies of structural-functional characteristics and assessment of the productivity of hydrobiological communities when rearing fish with the use of different technologies in mono- and polyculture for determining the supply of fish with natural feeds;
3. search for new and improvement of already existing methods and ways for increasing the natural food supply in aquaculture water bodies;
4. increase of biological productivity of aquaculture water bodies by using non-traditional kinds of fertilizers;
5. development of methods for integrated management of bioproductive processes in aquaculture water bodies aimed at increasing the natural and total fish productivity;
6. studies of the diets of various fish species;
7. assessment of aquatic environment quality based on hydrobiological parameters.

Propositions of services for individuals and legal entities:

• integrated studies on the state of natural food supply (bacterio-, phyto-, zooplankton, zoobenthos) of aquaculture water bodies;
• development of recommendations on an increase in natural food supply in fishponds adapted for specific fish farms;
• consultations on industrial and laboratory cultivation of invertebrates for aquaculture needs (California worm, brine shrimp, daphnia, etc.)
• consultations on rearing valuable invertebrates (freshwater crayfish, freshwater (Ampullaria glauca) and terrestrial (Helix aspersа) snails).

Scientists of the laboratory have developed:

recommendations on the methods for increasing bioproductive potential of ponds by using new organic fertilizers (biocompost, riverm);

methodical recommendations on the use of brewers’ grains as non-traditional organic fertilizer in fishponds;

methodical recommendations on the use of alcohol industry wastes – grain wash as an organic fertilizer for increasing the development of natural food supply and fish productivity of fishponds when rearing cyprinid yearlings;

recommendations on the manufacture and use of vermiculture in pond aquaculture;

recommendations and biotechnical norms on the procurement and use of brine shrimp (Artemia salina L.) eggs;

technology of the breeding and rearing of freshwater snails (Ampullaria glauca);

recommendations and biotechnical norms on the breeding and rearing of Helix aspersа in closed premises;

recommendations and biological norms on the breeding and rearing of freshwater crayfish to the young-of-the-year stage.

Head of the laboratory:
Anna Kucheruk
Ph.D of Agricultural Sciences
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The Laboratory of salmonid culture and restoration of endangered fish species has been created for the restoration in Ukraine and significant increase in the species structure of fish culture objects due by using native salmonids and sturgeons. The primary attention is given to the conservation of the genetic pool of endangered fish species including Danube salmon, European grayling, brown trout, sterlet of Danube and Dniester populations.

The importance of the laboratory is related to the fact that slamonids belong to a rare complex of freshwater fish fauna of Ukraine, the conservation of which is task of national importance. Therefore, the artificial propagation and introduction into aquaculture of salmonids and endangered fish species currently became an important issue.

Research methods of the laboratory include generally accepted ichthyological, hydrobiological, and fish culture techniques. Moreover, for the approbation of technological schemes, we use in-house methods, which allow assessing the efficiency of the rearing of salmonids based on established criteria. Employees of the laboratory carry out joint studies with Presov University (Slovakia), with the Recreational Fishing Association (Poland) and French Aquaculture Association.

Major areas of the department activities:

1. Research works and monitoring of the presence of rare and endangered salmonid species (brown trout Salmo trutta morpha fario (Linnaeus), Danube salmon Hucho hucho (L), European grayling Thymallus thymallus (L) in Carpathian rivers;
2. improvement of methodological approaches for the determination of biological parameters of salmonids and endangered fish species;
3. determination of the population structure of salmonids for the improvement of the methods of their exploitation and preservation of their reproductive potential;
4. analysis of the human impact effects on the populations of endangered fish species;
5. study of the peculiarities of their restoration, distribution, and abundance dynamics, feeding and trophic relationships, natural food supply, growth, population biology, interspecific and intraspecific competitive relationships and the state of the habitats of salmonids and endangered fish species;
6. development of the recommendations on the improvement of the restoration of endangered fish species;
7. monitoring of the state of brood salmonids in fish farms;
8. increase in the efficiency of salmonid rearing in aquaculture;
9. analysis of the state of domestic and world experience in the field of the restoration of salmonids and endangered fish species.

Propositions of services for individuals and legal entities:

• development of the technological schemes of salmonid rearing according the conditions of individual fish farms;
• development of breeding selection programs of the subjects of breeding selection;
• provision of scientific support for forming selection brood stocks in fish farms – subjects of breeding selection;
• consulting services on salmonid rearing;
• formation of domesticated replacement and brood stocks of salmonids and endangered fish species.