“…Hodgson EE, Hovel RA, Ward EJ, Lord S., Moore JW in their work [5] assess the vulnerability of arctic fish species, wildlife and indigenous peoples to climate change. Popova NV, Abramov AF, Markova LN [6] evaluated the effect of anthropogenic pollution of rivers and lakes on the population of fish resources in Yakutia. The paper notes that the socio-economic and climatic factors have a negative impact on the fish catch in the region, as well as the presence of toxic metals in the fish flesh.…”