Experimental larval rearing of the Japanese sea cucumber in a mini plant in Severnaya bay (Slavyansky bay, Sea of Japan) was carried out. The experiment did not reveal any relevant difference in time or speed of reaching different larval development stages or survival rate of the sea cucumber either with the diet supplemented with pigmented yeast Rhodotorula benthica or when fed with the Chaetoceros muelleri and Dunaliella salina phytoplankton. In the lack of the traditional phytoplankton-based fodder, it appears relevant and feasible for the aquaculture enterprises to use such fodder replacement options as Rhodotorula benthica marine pigmented yeast, a non-pathological species with low production cost that does not require any sophisticated cultivation techniques, easy to use and generally yielding a highly predictable production result.

Now decrease press of the fishery on natural populations of hydrobionts and restoration of their number due to artificial reproduction is actual. At artificial cultivation important properly to choose the right feed. To develop the feeding technology, work was carried out with larvae and juveniles of sea cucumber and gray sea urchin in the conditions of the mini-plant of the Scientific and Production Department of Mariculture of the Far Eastern State Technical Fisheries University located in Severnaya Bay (Slavyansky Gulf, the Sea of Japan) and Troitsa Bay (Vladimir Gulf, the Sea of Japan). Experimental studies have shown the possibility of using the sea yeast Rhodotorula benthica as either the main feed or as a feed additive. Practical recommendations have been developed for the use of Rhodotorula benthica yeast as a substitute feed base for growing larvae and juveniles of Japanese sea cucumber and gray sea urchin. The results of the work will serve as a basis for the development of biotechnology for feeding at echinoderm breeding farms and will be useful to the organizations, whose duties include rational and competent progress of marine economic territories.

Monitoring of the impact of the production activities of oil ports on the water area in general and on the hydrobionts living there, in particular, is a subject of the great attention. Some biological characteristics of the Primorsky scallop, grown by the hanging method at the experimental site in the conditions of the Kozmino bay were studied. Individuals of the same age of different generations were subjected to biological analysis. A comparative study of the size and weight characteristics showed that in the 2016 generation, the average shell height was higher, but the average total mass was higher in the 2015 generation of mollusks, which is due to the uneven growth of the shell of mollusks. Based on the research, it can be concluded that the size and weight characteristics correspond to the standard growth indicators for the scallop of the studied age groups, which indicates favorable living conditions for cultivated mollusks.

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The characteristics of the size-mass, sex and age composition of the Yakut crucian carp in Lake Churapcha in 2020 and 2021 are given. Comparison of some biological characteristics with the literature of previous years showed a difference. The results can be used to monitor the condition of the Yakut crucian carp lake Churapcha.