Fish industry news
Provisional figures of Russia's Federal Customs Service. Final figures will differ 1%-3% upwards.
Provisional figures of Russia's Federal Customs Service. Final figures will differ 1%-3% upwards.
Through the recent month from mid-January to mid-February 2008 the freshfrozen fish market of Saint Petersburg and other regions has displayed a number of developments.
The Fisheries Regulations issued in 2007 have been amended with a number of by-law acts which may have a great impact on the Alaska pollock fishery and its economical efficiency in the Russian Far East.
Okhotsk pollock remained the main species in the winter-spring period of the year.
The market of canned fish and marinated preserves is gradually becoming more premium.
11,400 professionals attend fish international 2008 in Bremen
Normally each year active fishery in the seas of the Russian Far East Basin starts from the Sea of Okhotsk.
Russia's Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Rosselkhoznadzor has issued a list of Thailand-based companies holding valid contracts with Russian importers.
In the Barents Sea the main fishing area for Russia's bottomfish operations will remain in the Norwegian EEZ where mixed concentrations of large cod and saithe will form in the vicinity of the Lofoten Islands.
According to provisional figures, in January 2008 the total harvest of Russian vessels in the North Atlantic and Central Eastern Atlantic amounted to *** tonnes ...
Shellfish and mollusks
Moscow region has been selected to accommodate a modern style wholesale fish market which would directly supply customers in the huge Russian capital, the head of Russia's State Fisheries Committee Andrey Krainy said at a conference in Khabarovsk on February, 6.
The output of the fishery industry in Russia increased by 7% in 2007, that is much more than it had been expected, the head of Russia's State Fisheries Committee Andrey Krainy said at a conference in Khabarovsk on February, 6.
The catch of fish and seafood in Primorye increased by 6 per cent compared to the level of last year.
Russian market of canned fish and marinated preserves moving towards premium segment (part 2)
The market of canned fish and marinated preserves is gradually becoming more premium.
According to Russian Statistics Agency,(Rossstat) in 2007 the national output of processed and canned seafood products reached...