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On June 10, 2018, longliner “Vostok-7” leaved for experimental voyage from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy to research deep-sea fishing perspectives in the area of Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain. In addition to the crew, Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries representatives were on the board of longliner “Vostok-7” to research deep-sea fish biomass in this area. One of the first results of commercial exploration was a very unusual catch. Several fishes known as skilfish (Erilepis zonifer) had been caught by the crew. The length of the largest specimen was more than 2 meters. This is a record for this species as the maximum officially registered size for skilfish was considered 1.8 meters. Having caught unusual and large fish, the crew of longliner "Vostok-7" became a participant of the competitions called "The most unusual by-catch. Catch luck by the tail", which was held among ship-owners from July 1 to September 30, 2018, participating in the testing of the electronic fishing log. As the results of the competitions, the winner was the crew of the longliner “Vostok-7”. For the first place the vessel “Vostok-7” was provided with a 30% discount on support services for the electronic fishing log software package in 2019.