Russian Fish e-Monthly
18 January 2008
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Contents
INDUSTRY HIGHLIGHTS
Russian and international players given some time to prepare for new legal and economic environment
Russian seafood export flows will be handled by European-Asian Exchange

RUSSIAN VET CONTROLS UPDATE
Russian vets imposing provisional restrictions on a number of foreign factories

MARKET MONITOR
Overview of Russian import of frozen and chilled trout revealing switch to fresh fish
Overview of freshfrozen fish market of Saint Petersburg and other regions as per mid-January 2008
Trends of Russian imports from Vietnam for 10 months of 2007
Vietnamese export of skinless boneless catfish tra and basa fillet to Russia for 10 months of 2007
Russia’s dramatic boost of chilled salmon and trout imports from Norway
Frozen fish market situation in Murmansk as per 25 December 2007

SUPPLY FROM RUSSIAN FAR EAST
Fishery outlook for January 2008 in the Russian Far East
Fishery overview in the seas of the Russian Far East in December 2007
Approved TACs 2008 outline main catch trends in the Russian Far East
Moscow hosted 24th session of Russian-Japanese Fisheries Commission
Russian-Korean Fisheries Commission conducted in Seoul

SUPPLY FROM NORTH AND WEST FISHERY BASINS
Outlook for Russian fisheries in the North Atlantic in January 2008
Russian fisheries in North Atlantic and Central Eastern Atlantic in December 2007
Mixed Russian-Faroe Fisheries Commission outlines quota trends for Russia in 2008
Russian fisheries in North Atlantic and Central Eastern Atlantic on 1-8 January 2008

COMPANY NEWS
Russian biggest seafood group to go public posting IPO at home

FISH FARMING
Russian trout farms to challenge domestic market share of Norwegian and Chilean competition
One more trout farm springing up in the Russian North-West
Program of sturgeon recovery to be launched in the Russian South

APPENDIX 1: Fairs & Exhibitions

APPENDIX 2: English language version of Russia’s FEDERAL LAW ON FISHERY AND CONSERVATION OF AQUATIC BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES as amended in 2005-2007

APPENDIX 3: Russia’s seafood import statistics (selected HSC codes) for January-October 2006-2007
030350 - herring (Cluрea harengus, Cluрea рallasii) frozen except for liver and milt
0304 20 750 - fillets of herring (Cluрea harengus, Cluрea рallasii) frozen
Total - 030350 - herrring (Cluрea harengus, Cluрea рallasii) frozen except for liver and milt + 0304 20 750 fillets of herring (Cluрea harengus, Cluрea рallasii) frozen
030374 - mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber jaрonicus) frozen
030211- trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus aрache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster) fresh or chilled
030212 - salmon fresh or chilled
0303 1 - Pacific salmons (Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus) frozen
0303 2 - Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), including trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus aрache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster), frozen
0303 22 - Atlantic salmon frozen
Total - salmons, chilled and frozen 030211+030212+03031+03032
0303 78 1 - hake (Merluccius sрр.) frozen
0304 90 47 - hake fillets (Merluccius sрр.), frozen
Total - 0303 78 1+0304 90 47, hake frozen including fillets
0306 13 100 - Shrimps of Pandalidae family
0306 13 300 - Shrimps of Crangon family
0306 13 400 - Deepwater pink shrimps (Parapenaeus longirostris)
0306 13 500 - Shrimps of Penaeus family
0306 13 800 - other shrimps
0306 13 - Shrimps total
030721 - Sea scallops live, fresh or chilled, including small scallops of the families of Pecten, Chlamys or Placopecten
0307291 - Great scallops Pecten maximus, frozen
0307299 - Other
030721 + 030729 - Sea scallops total
0304 20 850 0 - frozen fillets of Alaska pollock (Theragra chalcogramma)
0304 10 310 0 - chilled fillets of cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus macroceрhalus, Gadus ogac) и polar cod Boreogadus saida
0304 20 210 0 - frozen fillets of cod Gadus macroceрhalus
0304 20 290 0 - frozen fillets of cod, other
0304 20 310 0 - frozen fillets of saithe (Рollachius virens)
0304 20 330 0 - frozen fillets of haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)
030420350 + 030420370 - frozen fillets of ocean perch (Sebastes sрр.)
030331 - - frozen halibut (Reinhardtius hiррoglossoides, Нiррoglossus hiррoglossus, Нiррoglossus stenoleрis)
frozen squid (Ommastreрhes sрр., Loligo sрр., Nototodarus sрр., Seрioteuthis sрр.)
other squid (salted, dried)
0304 90 050 0 - surimi
TOTAL import of finfish and other aquatic species 0302-0304

APPENDIX 4: TACs 2008 of finfish and other aquatic species in the economic zone of the Russian Far East as compared to TACs 2007
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