Fish on the banks of the Filippovka river in the Land of the Leopard National Park in the Khasan district of Primorye.27.10.2013#2308971
A worker of the "Lebyazhy" sturgeon hatchery in Astrakhan holding a female sturgeon before collecting roe to determine her fecundity. Intravitam collection of ripe reproductive products of sturgeons is one of the stages of artificial propagation of fish.27.04.2012#1106592
Workers of the "Lebyazhy" sturgeon hatchery in Astrakhan return a female sturgeon to a tank after a roe collection. Intravitam collection of ripe reproductive products of sturgeons is one of the stages of artificial propagation of fish.27.04.2012#1106591
A worker of the "Lebyazhy" sturgeon hatchery in Astrakhan demonstrates roe collected from a female sturgeon to determine her fecundity. Intravitam collection of ripe reproductive products of sturgeons is one of the stages of artificial propagation of fish.27.04.2012#1106590
Insemination of sturgeon eggs at the "Lebyazhy" sturgeon hatchery in Astrakhan. Intravitam collection of ripe reproductive products of sturgeons is one of the stages of artificial propagation of fish.27.04.2012#1106589
A worker of the "Lebyazhy" sturgeon hatchery portions out sturgeon roe for insemination. Intravitam collection of ripe reproductive products of sturgeons is one of the stages of artificial propagation of fish.27.04.2012#1106588
Workers of the "Lebyazhy" sturgeon hatchery taking a female sturgeon out of a tank for a roe collection. Intravitam collection of ripe reproductive products of sturgeons is one of the stages of artificial propagation of fish.27.04.2012#1106587
Intravitam collection of sturgeon roe at the "Lebyazhy" sturgeon hatchery in Astrakhan. Collection of ripe reproductive products of sturgeons is one of the stages of artificial propagation of fish.27.04.2012#1106581
Insemination of sturgeon roe at the "Lebyazhy" sturgeon hatchery in Astrakhan. Collection of ripe reproductive products of sturgeons is one of the stages of artificial propagation of fish.27.04.2012#1106580
Workers of the "Lebyazhy" sturgeon hatchery portion out sturgeon roe for insemination. Intravitam collection of ripe reproductive products of sturgeons is one of the stages of artificial propagation of fish.27.04.2012#1106586
Intravitam collection of sturgeon roe at the "Lebyazhy" sturgeon hatchery in Astrakhan. Collection of ripe reproductive products of sturgeons is one of the stages of artificial propagation of fish.27.04.2012#1106585
Intravitam collection of sturgeon roe at the "Lebyazhy" sturgeon hatchery in Astrakhan. Collection of ripe reproductive products of sturgeons is one of the stages of artificial propagation of fish.27.04.2012#1106584
Intravitam collection of sturgeon roe at the "Lebyazhy" sturgeon hatchery in Astrakhan. Collection of ripe reproductive products of sturgeons is one of the stages of artificial propagation of fish.27.04.2012#1106579
Worker of the "Lebyazhy" sturgeon hatchery in Astrakhan collect sperm from a male sturgeon. Collection of ripe reproductive products of sturgeons is one of the stages of artificial propagation of fish.27.04.2012#1106583
Sturgeon roe weighed at the "Lebyazhy" sturgeon hatchery in Astrakhan. Collection of ripe reproductive products of sturgeons is one of the stages of artificial propagation of fish.27.04.2012#1106582
The shop for prefeeding keeping of one-day-old larvae of sturgeons at the "Lebyazhy" sturgeon hatchery in Astrakhan. Larvae keeping is one of the stages of artificial propagation of fish.27.04.2012#1106593
Father Frost's birthday celebration at his estate in Kuzminki, Moscow. The Snow Maiden's palace, left.21.11.2009#509349
A stage show during Father Frost's birthday celebration at his estate in Kuzminki, Moscow.21.11.2009#509348
Siberian salmon going upstream to spawn. The Reidovaya river, the island of Iturup, Sakhalin Region.27.10.2005#120307
Siberian salmon going upstream to spawn. The Reidovaya river, the Island of Iturup, Sakhalin Region.27.10.2005#120306
R. Berger, correspondent of the Swiss newspaper Tages Anzeiger, visits a sturgeon breeding farm at the Bios Research and Production Center (now the Bios Research and Experimental Aquaculture Complex) in the Astrakhan Region.27.07.1997#8284370
Sturgeon breeding farm at the Bios Research and Production Center (now the Bios Research and Experimental Aquaculture Complex) in the Astrakhan Region.27.07.1997#8284369
Chum salmon for artificial reproduction in a fish farm on the Tumany River in the Magadan Region.10.09.1991#8231110
Artificial insemination of chum caviar in a fish farm on the Tumany River in the Magadan Region.10.09.1991#8231106
The Magadan Region. Siberian salmon schools swim upstream toard spawning ground on the Tumany River.10.09.1991#8274969
Collecting Siberian salmon caviar for artificial reproduction at a fish-breeding facility on the Tumany River in the Magadan River.10.09.1991#8274960
Employee of the fish farm on River Tumany, Magadan Region, separate female chum salmon for artificial reproduction.10.09.1991#8274951
Chum salmon for artificial reproduction of a fish farm on the Tumany River of the Magadan Region.10.09.1991#8274950
Preparation of salmon caviar for artificial reproduction in a fish farm on the Tumany River in the Magadan Region.10.09.1991#8274945
Employees of a fish farm on the Tumany River in the Magadan Region during their rest.10.09.1991#8274944
Insemination of chum salmon eggs for artificial reproduction in a fish farm on the Tumany River in the Magadan Region.10.09.1991#8274942
Collection of chum salmon caviar for artificial reproduction in a fish farm on the Tumany River in the Magadan Region.10.09.1991#8274931
The fish-pass facility of the Fedorovsky hydroelectric complex on the Kuban River (the village of Fedorovskaya, Abinsky District, Krasnodar Territory). Ichthyologists Alexei Danilov and Valentina Puchko during the passing of sturgeon to the spawning waters.15.05.1989#6625938
The Commander Islands - an archipelago consisting of 4 islands located in the south-west part of the Pacific Ocean's Bering Sea. The ribers of the Bering and Mednyi isles are rich in freshwater fish. Mainly these are valuable salmon fishes. Besides the rivers are populated with Arctic loach, red salmon, chinook salmon, bull-trout, pink salmon. In coastal area towards autumn fish spawning can be seen. Red salmon male in mating colors.01.09.1987#2721805
The Biophysics Institute of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, now the Cellular Biophysics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Conducting micro-spectral cellular and cell systems research under the guidance of laboratory chief Valery Karnaukhov, Ph. D. (Biology). Photo: The developing spawn of a mussel mollusk.01.08.1985#5947871
Center: Aleksei Sukhanov, chair of the Kalinin fishing collective farm in Novaya Ladoga, inspecting a rainbow trout breeding site, Leningrad Region.20.08.1984#8404293
Astrakhan. The Caspian Caviar and Sturgeon Fillet Production Association of the All-Union Fish Industry Association Kaspryba. Photo: Catching sturgeon breeds in the Volga River delta in the Astrakhan Region.30.05.1981#8450059
Astrakhan. A facility for growing sturgeon fry at the Caspian Caviar and Sturgeon Fillet Production Association of the All-Union Fish Industry Association Kaspryba.30.05.1981#8450058
The fishing cooperative Toiler of the Sea on the Taman Peninsula, in the Temryuk District of the Krasnodar Territory. Photo: Yelena Panchenko, a cook of a fishermen's team, in the Akhtanizovsky Estuary.23.07.1978#8148518
Fish protection inspectors (right) with a voluntary aid (left) patrol the spawning river.22.10.1977#12154
