Fish industry news
Within the next year, a major fishing and processing company Murman Seafood LLC is going to take its newly-built fish processing complex in the city of Kola to full capacity of 20 thousand metric tons of raw material per year. A fish meal plant is another immediate objective for the business, reports Megafishnet.com.
The sinking of Russian "Melkart" trawler during docking at Norway’s Kimek shipyard in March earlier this year may be a blow to the reputation of the facility until now doing a very good business with Murmansk fishing fleets, reports Megafishnet.com.
The delays of the newbuildings constructed under the investment quotas and the resulting costs for the fishermen have led to ideas that it would be fair to extend the validity of the investment quotas from 15 to 20 years, reports Megafishnet.com.
Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law No. 159-FZ dated 11.06.2021 "On agricultural products, raw materials and food with improved characteristics", the legislation also applying to the fish industry, reports Megafishnet.com.
In the coming years, Sakhalin’s fishery industry is going to implement 14 processing and ranching projects with a total investment value of more than 15 billion rubles (ca. $210 million), reports Megafishnet.com.
As per mid-June 2021 the first hand prices for quite a number of products from the Russian Far Eastern Fisheries stay unchanged from May, reports Megafishnet.com.
As per mid-June 2021 the wholesale market at St. Petersburg (Russia’s main entry port for imported seafood) is displaying increased prices for Atlantic salmon originating from Chile, reports Megafishnet.com.
As per mid-June 2021 wholesale prices for frozen salmon and trout have been calm in Moscow, the demand remaining weak, reports Megafishnet.com.
The vessels conducting inshore fishery will soon be legally allowed to produce primary products, the types of which will be determined by the Government. These rights are included in the corresponding Bill adopted by the State Duma (Lower House) in the third reading on June 15, 2021. When approved by the Upper House (Federation Council) and signed by President Putin, the law will be applicable to all Russian inshore fisheries but Murmansk will be the main beneficiary because the lack of the above rights was the greatest obstacle to inshore operations in that area, reports Megafishnet.com.
As per mid-June 2021 Murmansk wholesale market is featuring a strong demand for halibut in all sizes, reports Megafishnet.com.
The season of roe auctions in Busan is almost over, reports Megafishnet.com.
Due to difficult meteorological and ice conditions, fishing in the Far Eastern seas is carried out with some shift relative to the usual schedule, reports Megafishnet.
The statistics for Alaska pollock catch and production in USA and Russia in the first five months of 2021 show different trends, reports Megafishnet.com.
On June 2, 2021, the State Duma adopted in the third reading the draft of the Federal Law " On Amendments to the Federal Law "On Aquaculture (Fish Farming) and Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation", reports Megafishnet.com.
During the fifth month of 2021 Russian fleets operating in the Atlantic Ocean harvested 106,600 tonnes of fish, 5,300 tonnes down on April 2021, reports Megafishnet.com.
In May 2021 Russian fleets continued targeting herring, Northern blue whiting and black halibut in the Norwegian Sea, reports Megafishnet.com.
In May 2021 Russian trawlers were targeting various species at East and West Greenland, NAFO regulatory area and in the Mauritanian EEZ, as well as in South Pacific area, reports Megafishnet.com.
Russian fleets were engaged in Baltic Sea pelagiс fishery as well as bottom trawl fishery for cod and haddock in April 2021, reports Megafishnet.com.
The Russian shipments of live king crab to South Korean ports in April fell even more than those of snow crab versus last year's results, but the prices rose even more significantly. Meanwhile, the deliveries of Norwegian products by air continued to show very strong growth, but their activity was still quite limited, and the price level was also significantly lower than in the case of the Russian exports, reports Megafishnet.com.
Russian exporters say that since early June the Chinese have been refusing to accept seafood products from Russian onshore factories, reports Megafishnet.com.