Fish industry news
The Norwegian government has blocked purchase of the Bergen Engines Plant by Russia’s TRANSMASHHOLDING concern, reports Megafishnet.com.
The construction of an export-oriented wholesale distribution center for storage and processing of agricultural products, frozen fish inclusive, is about to take off in the city of Elektrostal, Moscow Region, reports Megafishnet.com.
The Russian market for dry-cured fish which has seen continuous growth in the last few years is set for a further increase in the next five-year period, reports Megafishnet.com.
In the first quarter 2021 Vladivostok Fish Port has sharply increased seafood turnover year-on-year, reports Megafishnet.com.
Speaking at a late March press conference, President of VARPE (Russia’s main fishery association) German Zverev summed up the sector’s results for 2020 and voiced investment proposals for the next few years, reports Megafishnet.com.
On March 31, the Russian vet watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor and the General Customs Administration of the People's Republic of China) held video talks on the possibility of integrating information systems in the field of veterinary supervision of the two countries in order to exchange veterinary certificates in electronic form for controlled goods of animal origin, fish inclusive, in mutual trade, reports Megafishnet.com.
Iceland's Directorate of Fisheries Fiskistofa reports about total catches as registered in the national quota system.
From 25 different boats, 38,600 tonnes of blue whiting were reported last week, which is the second best week of the winter.
The first serial trawler processor Captain Geller of the project 170701 for fishery in the North Atlantic was launched on Tuesday, March 30, 2021 at the Northern Shipyard in St. Petersburg, reports Megafishnet.com.
The Russian vet watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor and the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment of the United Arab Emirates have agreed on veterinary certificates for the export of fishmeal and artemia cysts from Russia to the UAE, reports Megafishnet.com.
The Russian fish sector’s revenue and accounts payable are both expected to grow in 2021, reports Megafishnet.com.
Trucks have already become a real alternative to rail transport of fish from the Russian Far East, especially during the salmon fishing season, reports Megafishnet.com.
Shipbuilders of the Northern Shipyard based in St. Petersburg have started cutting steel for the ninth freezing trawler-processor built to the project 170701 specifications, reports Megafishnet.com.
Sakhalin-based biggest vertically integrated fishing and processing combine JSC "Gidrostroy" has marked 30 years in business, reports Megafishnet.com.
The Federal Agency for Fishery (FAF) is working on implementation of a project for a massive upgrade of Murmansk Fish Port at an estimated overall cost of 14 billion rubles (ca. $184 million), reports Megafishnet.com.
The Russian marine culture made a big leap in 2020, reports Megafishnet.com.
The State Duma (the Lower House of the Russian Parliament) has completed the second reading of the amendments to the Federal Law "On Fishery and Conservation of Aquatic Biological Resources" designed to switch quota auctions to an electronic form, reports Megafishnet.com.
Russia’s Federal Agency for Fisheries (FAF), by Order No. 119 of March 19, 2021, made a decision “to hold an auction on May 12, 2021, for the sale of the right to conclude an agreement on securing the share of the quota for the extraction (catch) of aquatic biological resources provided by the Russian Federation in the areas of operation of international treaties of the Russian Federation in the field of fisheries and conservation of aquatic biological resources for commercial fishery and (or) coastal fishing”, reports Megafishnet.com
Russia’s Pollock Catchers Association (PCA) has successfully completed the process of extending the scope of the existing Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certificate for pollock fishery in the East Sakhalin subzone, reports Megafishnet.com
The first series of large-scale auction sales of Russian-made frozen pollock roe this year was held in Busan (South Korea) as late as in the middle of the third week of March, almost a month later compared to the usual dates, reports Megafishnet.com.