Russian Fish e-Monthly No.3 (197) March 15, 2021

SECTOR HIGHLIGHTS (IMPORTANT NEWS)

• Russia to give further big boost to onshore processing
• Kamchatka outlines ambitious plans for 2021
• Russia’s pollock sector strategy under fire
• Russia to subsidize fish shipments from the Russian Far East
• Kamchatka close to year round fish shipments along Northern Sea Route
• Government targets greater return on investment fishing quotas for coastal provinces
• Russia publishes fish production results for January 2021
• Eastern Railway reports declining fish shipments from Russian Far East in January-February 2021
• Fish trade moving from online shops to e-commerce market places
• Russia’s Government approved new strategy for combating illegal trade in industrial products
• Russia’s government approved expansion of TAD Kurily for fish investment projects
• Russia to launch voluntary ecolabel for agricultural products
• Surveys of Pacific salmons getting most true-to-life with drones and AI

SEAFOOD SUPPLY FROM RUSSIAN FAR EAST

• Logistics problems are becoming more serious for Russian pollock
• Fishing situation at sea of Okhotsk is good, but Alaska pollock catch is not
• Pollock fishery constraints leading to emphasis on herring in the Russian Far East
• Sakhalin to boost chum salmon ranching
• FAF to hold repeated auction for deep-sea crabs’ quota shares

PACIFIC MARKETS

• Russian live king crab shipments to South Korea in January 2021 saw marked increase

SEAFOOD SUPPLY FROM MURMANSK-LED NORTH FISHERIES

• Mixed results for Russian Atlantic fisheries in first week of March
• Barents Sea catch and quota progress in February 2021
• Russia’s Norwegian Sea catch and quota progress in February 2021
• Catch and quota progress in Northeast/Northwest Atlantic and Central East Atlantic in February 2021
• Baltic Sea catch and quota progress in February 2021

SEAFOOD IMPORTS AND DOMESTIC MARKET

• St-Petersburg’s wholesale seafood market facing lack of white fish supply
• Moscow salmon and trout market witnessing rising prices

VET UPDATE

• Russian vets banned import of GM fish feed from UK producer
• Seafood exports from Murmansk doubled in January 2021

COMPANY UPDATE

• “Russian Pollock” switches to double-shift production
• Murmansk Fish Port launching reefer container yards
• Major fish importer and distributor launching chain of seafood shops in Moscow

SHIPBUILDING, ONSHORE PLANTS AND REFURBISHMENT

• Turkish yard starts building of BMRT "Magadan" for Russian owners
• Steel cutting underway for the sixth supertrawler for Russian Fishery Company
• Northern Shipyard begins construction of the eighth trawler for the NOREBO Group
• St. Petersburg scientists converting herring skin to omega-3 and collagen

AQUACULTURE

• Ladesol-Tambov striving for global leadership in feed protein export
• Astrakhan scientists developed innovative feed for crayfish and shrimp

APPENDIX: Fairs and Exhibitions

• GLOBAL FISHERY FORUM & SEAFOOD EXPO RUSSIA 2021 to be held on time
• Seafood events in Russia