Fish industry news
Russian Sea Group of Companies engaged in fish import and processing has come forward with projection that the volume of the Russian seafood market will reach 5-6 billion USD in the current year 2007.
Kongsberg Maritime, via its subsidiary Simrad Spain SL has completed the delivery of an MNOK 25 electronics suite for the advanced newbuild Spanish research vessel, Miguel Oliver.
In the firs half of August the scientists forecast the most abundant runs of chum salmon in the West Bering Sea zone when the fleets are expected to harvest 70-80% of the TAC of 1079 tonnes.
More than 200,000 metric tons of fish and non-finfish species were harvested by the fishermen of the Russian Far East Basin in July 2007.
More than 200,000 metric tons of fish and non-finfish species were harvested by the fishermen of the Russian Far East Basin in July 2007.
The Government of Primorsky Krai (capital Vladivostok) has been scrutinizing economic fallouts of Kamchatka's law regulating klondyking on the salmon grounds in the region.
Reviewing the results of the repeated inspection Russia's Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Rosselkhoznadzor has approved a number of Vietnamese fish processing plants for fish importation to Russia.
Further reports of Rosselkhoznadzor say that checks of the Vietnamese plans will be continued so that after elimination of faults the currently approved list of 11 plants could be ...
In the Barents the Russian fleets will continue active fishery of bottomfish species.
According to provisional figures, Russia's total harvest in the North Atlantic in July 2007 amounted to ...
Taking into account guarantees of the Lithuanian veterinary service about elimination of previously disclosed faults, Russia's Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Rosselkhoznadzor has lifted restrictions for importation of surimi mince made by the Lithuanian fish factory ...
In the first seven months of 2007 the Russian fishermen harvested ...
A ban on sale of fish products harvested by poachers and seized by the authorities has brought the supply on the Russian market of sturgeon caviar next to naught and Saint Petersburg retailers say that there is practically no legal product left in the city.
Russia has continued to display firm commitment to port control as a tool making sure that only fish from responsible operators will be shipped to export destinations.
The total allowable catch of herring of the Russian Far East in 2007 amounts to 212,900 metric tons as defined by the order of Russia's Ministry of Agriculture No.409 dated 2 November 2006.
According to Vladivostok-based TINRO-Centre research institute, synoptical and hydrological conditions on the saury grounds in the Russian Far East will enable starting efficient fishery of the species as of mid-September 2007 with the season promising to be generally stable.
No thorough market studies of Russia's retail sushi market have been made yet because the market is still very young. For this reason, the sales figures fluctuate greatly with different sources.
The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has decided not to uphold the appeal of OOO Orlando (ltd) claiming that Russia's Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Rosselkhoznadzor is not entitled to check products made by the company (canned salmon caviar).
According to market players, the authorities are stepping up efforts to crack down on the shadow sector of the Russian salmon market which is said to display a high degree of legality this year.
Russia's Federal Fisheries Agency in cooperation with ecologists have proposed that the current system of quota distribution should be amended proceeding not only from the existing historical principle ...