Fish industry news
In first week of March the Russian Atlantic fisheries displayed mixed results in line with the earlier trends depending on the areas and species such as cod, haddock, snow crab, blue whiting etc., reports Megafishnet.com.
Fresher trawler Helga Maria was due to dock in Reykjavík at midday yesterday. According to skipper Friðleifur Einarsson, they have been fishing mainly south of the Reykjanes peninsula this trip, which turned out to be all about steering clear of the species they aren’t supposed to be catching, reports Brim.
As the Chinese market constraints continue to hit the pollock season in the Russian Far East, the fishermen are putting more effort into herring received by the market with an increasing favour. Despite the problems, the trading sources from the region describe the current situation as stable in terms of demand for the entire species range with several items displaying rising prices, reports Megafishnet.com.
Iceland's Directorate of Fisheries Fiskistofa reports about total catches as registered in the national quota system.
The NVG herring fishery went towards the end of last week. The blue whiting fields also had a calmer fishing pace this week.
Deliveries of live Russian-caught king crab to South Korea at the beginning of 2021, in contrast to the supply of live snow crab, were noticeably more active than last year, and the price level was significantly higher than in January 2020. The Norwegian deliveries displayed an even more serious growth and also at much higher prices. Meanwhile, the supply of cheap Chinese products, mainly swimming crab, significantly decreased, but also with strongly higher prices, reports Megafishnet.com.
The shipment of fish products from the stations of the Far Eastern Railway (a subsidiary of JSC Russian Railways) in the western direction in January–February of this year decreased by 7% compared to the same period last year, namely, to 82.8 thousand tons, reports Megafishnet.com.
Under the prepared legislation, producers of agricultural products, fish inclusive, will have the right to use a label indicating the environmental friendliness of the goods subject to a certificate of conformity. This will apply to items that are produced with the help of fertilizers, pesticides and food additives that meet safety requirements, and are packaged in biodegradable or recyclable containers, reports Megafishnet.com.
Russian fleets were engaged in Baltic Sea pelagiс fishery as well as bottom trawl fishery for cod and haddock in February 2021, reports Megafishnet.com.
In February 2021 few Russian trawlers were targeting various species at East and West Greenland, NAFO regulatory area and in the Mauritanian EEZ, reports Megafishnet.com.
Construction of the factory freezer trawler BMRT “Magadan” has taken off for Pacific Fishery LLC (Tikhrybcom) at Tersan shipyard in Turkey, and it is hoped that in the future similar large-tonnage vessels will be built in Russia, reports Megafishnet.com.
The onshore plant "Russian Pollock", built by the Russian Fishery Company (RFC) near Vladivostok, is expanding production volume switching to a double-shift operation, according to RFC. Though, the factory is still far below the promised capacity, reports Megafishnet.com.
In February 2021 Russian fleets continued targeting herring, Northern blue whiting and black halibut in the Norwegian Sea, reports Megafishnet.com.
During the second month of 2021 Russian fleets operating in the Atlantic Ocean harvested 88,400 tonnes of fish, 26,800 tonnes up on January 2021, reports Megafishnet.com.
Federal departments are working on the allocation of further investment quotas for an extra boost to onshore facilities. Thus, the government took into account the position of the main fishermen’s organization (VARPE) on the use of this mechanism for the socio-economic development of coastal regions, reports Megafishnemt.com.
According to Kamchatka governor Vladimir Solodov, the province’s government is working on boosting the number of voyages along the Northern Sea Route in the Arctic and it is planned that in two years’ time the cargo traffic on this route will occur all year round, reports Megafishnet.com.
Russia’s Federal Agency for Fisheries (FAF) has announced that it will hold an electronic auction on April 7, 2021 for “the sale of the right to conclude an agreement on securing and granting a share of the crab catch quota provided for investment purposes in the field of fisheries for commercial fishery and (or) inshore fishery in the Far Eastern Fisheries”, reports Megafishnet.com.
The Russian government is preparing a subsidies scheme for the transportation of fresh, chilled and frozen fish, as well as fish fillets from the Russian Far East to the country’s main consumption areas in the West, reports Megafishnet.com.
According to an early March statement by the organizers EXPO Solutions Group, the GLOBAL FISHERY FORUM & SEAFOOD EXPO RUSSIA 2021 will be held on time on July 6-8 later this year in St. Petersburg and registration will start very soon, reports Megafishnet.com.
The method developed by the scientists of St. Petersburg University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO) will allow converting waste obtained during the production of herring fillets into omega-3 and collagen. These substances can be used in the food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries, reports Megafishnet.com.