Nikolay Nikolaevich Popov

Chief Specialist, Kazekoproekt LLP

Department of Marine Research and Design

Contact numbers:

Email: fich63@mail.ru

Mobile: +7-701-3781458

SPIN: 3193-5110

Author ID: 982475

ORCID ID 0000-0003-0926-7337

Education, Academic Degrees, and Titles:

In 1981, she graduated from the Guryev Marine Fisheries College, majoring in "Ichthyology and Fish Farming," and was awarded the qualification of "Fishery Technician." In 1991, she graduated from the Far Eastern Technical Institute of Fisheries and Economy (now the Far Eastern State Technical Fisheries University), majoring in "Ichthyology and Fish Farming," and was awarded the qualification of "Ichthyologist-Fish Breeder." In 2014, she defended a dissertation in Russia for the degree of Candidate of Biological Sciences in the specialty "03.02.06 – Ichthyology." In 2019, she was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in the specialty "6D0607000 - Biology."

Scientific interests:

Ichthyology, fish farming, water resources, marine ecology, hydrobiology, ichthyopathology (2018-2020).

Scientific grants for applied research programs:

 AP 05131687 Assessment of the natural foci of anisakidosis and the risks of epizootic outbreaks in the shelf zones of the Caspian Sea.

Participation in projects: 2003-2006. Project "Conservation and sustainable use of the gene pool of rare and valuable fish species and breeds. Section: Caspian Sea and the Ural River Delta; 2009, 2016, 2018-2022. Biological justification for the project "Conducting comprehensive marine research to assess the state of biological resources of the Kazakhstan part of the Caspian Sea"; 2009. Biological justification for the project on the development of total allowable catches of fish in 2010 from fishery waters on the territory of the Akzhayik State Nature Reserve; 2007-2009. Project "Improving the principles of fishery resources management in Kazakhstan's water bodies." Section: Ural-Caspian basin; 2008-2010. Project "Development of a strategy for the conservation of bioresources in the Kazakhstan sector of the Caspian Sea and organization of monitoring studies"; 2008-2010 Project “Comprehensive ecological and epidemiological survey of the biocenosis of the Caspian water area and development of measures for its improvement.” 2011. Environmental Impact Assessment for the North Caspian Oil Spill Response Base (NCEOSB) construction project.

2009-2011. Project "Comprehensive Assessment of the Ecological and Epidemiological Status of Bioresources in Kazakhstan's Main Fishery Bodies for the Creation of a State Cadastre."

1996-1999; 2002-2014. Biological justification for the project "Determination of fish productivity of fishery water bodies and/or their sections, development of biological justifications for maximum permissible volumes of removal of fish resources and other aquatic animals and the issuance of recommendations on the regime and regulation of fisheries in water bodies of international, republican and local significance of the Ural-Caspian basin." 2013. EIA for the project "Background environmental studies of the natural environment along the planned cargo transportation route." 2013-2014. Project - Third-level environmental production monitoring at the site of Zhambyl LLC

                                                                                       Biological justification for the project "Determination of fish productivity of fishery water bodies and / or their sections, development of biological justifications for the maximum permissible volumes of removal of fish resources and other aquatic animals and the issuance of recommendations on the regime and regulation of fisheries in water bodies of international, republican and local significance of the Ural-Caspian basin." 2013. EIA for the project "Background environmental studies of the natural environment along the planned cargo transportation route." 2013-2014. Project - Third-level environmental industrial monitoring at the site of Zhambyl Petroleum LLC. 2014-2018 and 2022-2025. Project "Industrial environmental control at the Kashagan, Kalamkas site. 2022. Development of recommendations for removing the kutum species from the list of rare and endangered animal species from the Red Book of the Republic of Kazakhstan. 2022 Calculation of damage during bottom cleaning works in the Zhaiyk-Caspian basin.

Professional experience:

44 years of professional experience. From 1981 to 1995, he worked at the Pacific Research Fleet Intelligence Directorate (TURNIF) as a technician, engineer, researcher, and senior researcher (Vladivostok, Russia). From 1995 to 1998, he was a researcher at the Kazakh Fisheries Research Institute, Atyrau, Kazakhstan.

1999: Fish breeder engineer at the Ural-Atyrau Sturgeon Hatchery. From 2002 to 2014, he was a senior researcher at the Kazakh Fisheries Research Institute, Atyrau, Kazakhstan. From 2014 to the present, he has worked at Kazekoproekt, Kazakhstan, as a chief specialist in the Marine Research and Design Department.

Publications:

The list of publications includes over 100 publications.

1. Popov N.N., Nasibulina B.M., Popova E.N.

Qualitative characteristics of sea pike perch in the coastal zone of the Middle Caspian.

In: Environmental, Industrial, and Fire Safety. Proceedings of the III International Scientific and Practical Conference. Astrakhan, 2025. pp. 52-57.

2. Sokolskaya E.A., Popov N.N. // The Impact of Technogenic Pollution on the Population of Semi-Admigratory Fishes of the Northern Caspian // In: Actual Problems of Biodiversity and Biotechnology. Proceedings of the II International Scientific and Practical Conference. Astrakhan, 2023. pp. 117-119.

3. Tatyana Fedorovna Kurochkina , Botagoz Murasovna Nasibulina , Shima Bakhshalizadeh  , Nikolai Popov,  Gulnur Kuanysheva, Francesco Fazio, and Attaala Muhaysin Ali.  Plankton Community Structure and Biomass in the Eastern Middle Caspian Sea// Water 2023, 15,138.

https://doi.org/10.3390/w15010138.(Шведцария)

4.  Aminat K. Alieva, Botagoz M. Nasibulina, Shima Bakhshalizadeh, Tatyana F. Kurochkina, Nikolai N. Popov, Bekzhan I. Barbol, Doru Banaduc,  Nurgul M. Jussupbekova, Gulnur A. Kuanysheva  and Attaala M. Ali. The Low Ontogenetic Diet Diversity and Flexibility of the Pike-Perch, Sander lucioperca (Linnaeus, 1758) (Osteichthyes, Percidae): A Case Study. Fishes 2023, 8, 395. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes8080395. Греция

5. Abuova G.B., Sokolskaya E.A., Popov N.N.

Hydrological and hydrochemical features of the Ural River in modern times. Engineering and construction bulletin of the Caspian Sea. 2023. No 1 (43). S. 72-77.

6. Barbol B.I., Popov N.N., Abdyrbekova A.M. The population structure of the sea pike (Sander marinus Cuvier. 1828) in the Mangistau coast of the Middle Caspian // Bulletin of KazNU, series biological. Almaty.3 (92) 2022. P. 139-147.

7. Popov N.N., Kostyurin N.N., Kuanysheva G.A., Ginayatova D.E. Kutum fish (Rutilus kutum) as a promising fishing object in the Kazakhstani part of the Caspian Sea. In the collection: Modern environmental policy: essence, theory, and socio-economic priorities. Proceedings of the II International scientific and practical conference. Comp.: B. M. Nasibulina, T. F. Kurochkina. Astrakhan, 2022. pp. 94-98.

8. А. M. ABDYBEKOVA,  A. A. ABDIBAYEVA, N. N. POPOV , A. A. ZHAKSYLYKOVA, B. I. BARBOL, B. ZH. BOZHBANOV , P. R. TORGERSON5//Helminth parasites of fi sh of the Kazakhstan sector of the Caspian Sea and associated drainage basin.// ©2020 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice DOI 10.2478/helm-2020-0030, 241-251.

9. Safaraliev I.A., Popov N.N. // QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE STOCK STATUS OF FRESHWATER BREAM ABRAMIS BRAMA (CYPRINIDAE) FROM THE URAL STOCK BASED ON THE LB-SPR METHOD//Journal of Ichthyology. 2022. Т. 62. № 3. С. 476-486.

10. Barbol B.I., Popov N.N., Abdybekova A.M. //QUALITATIVE STRUCTURE OF SANDER MARINUS CUVIER, 1828 IN THE MANGISTAU COAST OF THE MIDDLE CASPIAN// Experimental Biology. 2022. Т. 92. № 3.

11. Sokolsky A.F., Kanbetov A.Sh., Popov N.N., Mutashev B.A., Rabazanov N.I.

"Current Ecological State of the Caspian Sea Waters during Oil and Gas Field Development" // South of Russia: Ecology, Development. 2021. Vol. 16. No. 2 (59). Pp. 98-107. (Scopus)

12. Abdybekova A.M., Abdibayeva A.A., Zhaksylykova A.A., Barbol B.I., Bozhbanov B.Z., Popov N.N., Torgerson P.R.//HELMINTH PARASITES OF FISH OF THE KAZAKHSTAN SECTOR OF THE CASPIAN SEA AND ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE BASIN// Helminthologia. 2020. Т. 57. № 3. С. 241-251. (скопус) 13. Zykov L.A., Kurochkina T.F., Nasibulina B.M., Kanbetov A.Sh., Popov N.N. "Comparative assessment of the efficiency of artificial reproduction of the most important commercial fish of the lower Volga in modern environmental conditions". Astrakhan Bulletin of Environmental Education. 2020. No. 4 (58). P. 157-167.

14. Zykov L.A., Nasibulina B.M., Kurochkina T.F., Ali A.M., Popov N.N., Saule S.M .//THEORETICAL ESTIMATE OF ENERGY BALANCE AND NUTRITIONAL NEEDS OF THE POPULATION OF RUSSIAN STURGEON ACIPENSER GUELDENSTAEDTII IN THE CASPIAN SEA// The Croatian Journal of Fisheries. 2019. Т. 77. № 2. С. 63-76. (Scopus)

15. Nailya Ibragimova, Saule Shalgimbayeva, Nikolay Popov, and Gaukhar Jumakhanova// The Study of the Heart of A. Boyeri Caspia in Environmental Quality Assessment// The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021M. Ksibi et al. (eds.), Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions (2nd Edition), Environmental Science and Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51210-1_334.

16. Nikolay Popov, Nagima Seidaliyeva, Yelnaz Seitkozhanova, Salikha Askar, and Nailya Ibragimova// Feeding characteristics and assessment of histopathological changes in the organs of the Sandpiper goby (Neogobius fluviatilis)//BIO Web of Conferences 100, 04032 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1051/bioconf/2024.

17. Shustov A.I., Ogar' N.P., Kysykov V.A., Popov N.N., Gorbunova N.F., Kirikovich V.V. Principles and paradoxes of the semantic content and regulatory framework of Chapter 7. "Environmental assessment" of the draft environmental code of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Science News of Kazakhstan. 2021. No. 1 (148). Pp. 146-164.

18. Kamelov A.K., Popov N.N. Distribution and biological indicators of the Caspian roach Rutilus rutilus caspicus (Jakowlev. 1870) in the northeastern part of the Caspian Sea. Fisheries and Fisheries. 2020. No. 3 (170). Pp. 18-22.

19. Sokolsky A.F., Popov N.N., Kuzmenko S.V., Kanbetov A.Sh. The State of Biological Resources of the Northern Caspian and Ways of Their Conservation. Astrakhan, 2018. Monograph.

20. Popov N.N., Shakirov A.A. Current State of the Main Commercial Fish in the Kazakhstan Sector of the Northern Caspian. In the collection: Aquatic Bioresources and Aquaculture of Southern Russia. Proceedings of the All-Russian Scientific and Practical Conference Dedicated to the 20th Anniversary of the Opening of the "Aquatic Bioresources and Aquaculture" Training Program at Kuban State University. Ed. G.A. Moskul. 2018. pp. 199-203.