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opened in 1967. It has the largest aquarium in the U.S.S.R. where 
experiments in ichtyology and fish culture will also be conducted. 
(2) Azov-Black Seas Scientific Research Institute of Fishery and 
Oceanography (AzCherNIRO) (Restoration of valuable fish in Azov 
and Black Seas and their basins). (a) Odessa Laboratory of Marine 
Mammals and Ichthyology, Odessa. 
(3) Atlantic Scientific Research Insitute of Fishery and Oceanog- 
raphy (AtlantNIRO), Kaliningrad. 
(4) Polar Scientific Research and Planning Institute of Marine 
Fishery and Oceanography (PINRO), Murmansk. (Acclimatization of 
Far East Salmonids in Barents and White Seas); (a) Archangel Branch, 
Archangel. 
(5) All Union Scientific Research Institute of Pond Fish Culture 
(VNIPRKh), Moscow. (Selection of fish and various problems of pond 
fish culture.) 
(6) State Scientific Research Institute for Lakes and Rivers Fish 
economy (GosNIORKh, previously VNIORKh), in Leningrad. (Fishery 
and fish culture of lakes and rivers.) 
_ (a) Stalingrad Branch, in Stalingrad. 
(b) Pskov Branch, in Velikija Luki. (Fish culture in natural 
conditions of lakes, ponds, and rivers, especially treatment of 
lakes with chemicals. ) 
(c) Ob-Tazovsk Branch, in Khanty-Mansijsk. (Fisheries econ- 
omy in the Ob-Irtysh basin.) 
(d) Volgograd Branch, in Volgograd. (Sturgeon culture.) 
(e) Saratov Branch, in Saratov. (Sturgeon culture, etc.) 
(f) Ostashkov Branch, in Ostashkov (Fishery and fish culture 
in Selige Lake). 
(g) Karelian Branch, in Petrozavodsk (Fish culture of 
Coregonids of Onega Lake and fish management of Karelian 
waters). 
(h) Siberian Branch, in Krasnoyarsk (Fish culture of sturgeon, 
Salmonids, etc.) 
(1) Yakutsk Branch, in Yakutsk 
(j) Novosibirsk Branch, in Novosibirsk 
(7) Ukrainian Scientific Research Institute of Fish Economy 
(UktNIIRKh), Kiev (Pond fish culture, acclimatization of Coregonids, 
sturgeon, herbivorous fishes in Ukraine; crayfish culture) 
(8) Azov Scientific Research of Fish Economy (AsNIIRKh) 
(Sturgeon culture). (a) Krasnodar Branch, Krasnodar (Cultivation of 
herbivorous fish in rich fields, sturgeon culture, etc.) 
(9) Byelorussian Scientific Research Institute of Fish Economy 
(BeINIIRKh), Minsk (Pond fish culture, acclimatization of herbivorous 
fish, etc.) 
(10) Kazakh Scientific Research Intitute of Fish Economy 
(KazNIIRKh). 
(a) Arlask Branch (Acclimatization of fish in Aral Seal) 
(b) Altai Branch 
(11) Siberian Scientific Research of Fish Economy (SibNIIRKh). 
(a) Krasnoyarsk Branch, Krasnoyarsk. (Fish culture, acclimatization 
of fish and invertebrates from Baikal Lake to other waters of Siberia) 
(12) Central Scientific Research Institute of Sturgeon Culture 
(CINORKh). (a) Azerbaidjan Branch. 
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