The last meeting of the scientific and technical committee of the institute was held at the session hall of the institute, dated 16 March 2019. During 2018 - 2019, there were 43 meetings with the total of 350 approvals. The approval of the plans and projects was based on the responsibilities of the headquarters and centers for the species diversity, the production of value added technology products, monitoring of aquatics stocks in territorial waters in the north and south of the country with the emphasis on ecological data, the commencement of the operation of the selective breeding of common carp project and the production of vaccines and kits for diseases of aquatic organisms was from the activities of the scientific and technical committee. Some approved plans and projects that can be mentioned include the pilot production of edible oysters, the biotechnology of reproduction and production of zander and Salmo trutta caspius, forming the schools of brood fish of cobia, sea bass, barb fish, asp fish, carp and Caspian kutum, the production of value added technology products from algae, the use of unconventional waters for aquaculture, the production of VHSV Kit, the production of vaccine for yersiniosis, stock assessment of the Caspian Sea bony fishes and stock assessment of the benthic resources with the emphasis on ecological data in the Persian Gulf and the Oman Sea.