University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice
Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters,
Research Institute of fish Culture and Hydrobiology
Zátiší 728/II, 389 25 Vodňany
tel.: +420 387 774 666  fax: 387 774 634 e-mail: novakova@frov.jcu.cz

The list of internal phone lines RIFCH
Director of RIFCH: Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Tomáš Randák, Ph.D. trandak@frov.jcu.cz +420 387 774 603 +420 724 855 763
Director deputy: Assoc. Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Vladimír Žlábek, Ph.D. +420 387 774 730 +420 777 698 427
Assistant: Dipl.-Ing. Josef Příborský +420 387 774 761 +420 730 587 321
Assistant: Pavlína Nováková novakova@frov.jcu.cz +420 387 774 666 +420 725 787 932

Historie a současnost VÚRH FROV JU

The Research Institute was established in Prague in 1921. In 1953 it was moved to the town of Vodňany in South Bohemia. Since 1996 it has been part of the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice. It is the largest and most comprehensive facilities focusing on basic research and primarily on applied research in the sphere of fish culture in the Czech Republic. For its research activities the Institute utilizes a small fishpond farm, a purpose-built river fishing preserve, specialized laboratories, aquarium rooms, two experimental facilities for research into reproduction, genetics and the breeding of fish, and the intensive breeding of fish and crayfish, including recirculation systems with water filtration.