Fish industry news
During recent food safety checks of imported products the Russian veterinary and phytosanitary service Rosselkhoznadzor has rejected a 24-tonne consignment of seafood cocktail made in China due to presence of staphylococcus in the samples checked.
In January-March 2007 the fleet of Kaliningrad-led West Fisheries Basin spent 613 days at sea all together.
Some American companies are taking trial steps to supply Russian fish market with fresh frozen mackerel.
St. Petersburg-based leading packer "Rybokombinat Pischevik" that has been operating on Russian fish market for more than 80 years has further expanded its range of products.
In 2006 Kamchatka exported seafood products at the total value of 359.7 million USD, 3.8% down on 2005, according to Kamchatstat statistics service.
On 28 April 2007 European Asian Exchange conducted two auctions (closed and open) for sale of catch quotas for inshore fishery and offshore fishery in the Russian EEZ and the share of quotas actually sold was fairly small with the bulk of the lots remaining on the shelf.
Murmansk-based value-added processor Nord-West Company has begun a promotion campaign for its new label ...
World aquaculture has grown significantly during the past half-century.
The Russian veterinary and phytosanitary service Rosselkhoznadzor has approved the list of the Russian ports authorized to receive and transship fish from foreign vessels operating on the grounds of the Northeast Atlantic.
During recent food safety checks of imported products the Russian veterinary and phytosanitary service Rosselkhoznadzor has rejected a 24-tonne consignment of seafood cocktail made in China due to presence of staphylococcus in the samples checked.
Scientists of TINRO-Centre recently met to discuss the forecast for salmon fishery 2007 shortly to unroll in the Russian Far East.
In his annual message to the Federal Assembly (dated 26 April 2007) Russia's President Vladimir Putin has underlined the need to stop issuing catch quotas to foreign companies as it is widely practiced by other governments.
As per late April 2007 the total Russian harvest of ocean perch Sebastes mentella in the Irminger Sea since the beginning of the season did not exceed 1000 tonnes with the share of Kaliningrad-based fishermen amounting to ca.65% according to the number of fishing efforts on the grounds.
One of the largest seafood importers in the Ukraine Scandinavia Company is going to start building a new plant for production of canned fish and marinated fish preserves near the country's capital Kiev in the year 2008.
OOO Lobnensky Khladokombinat (ltd), a coldstore based in Lobnya near Moscow, is seeking orders for future supplies of fish products from the coming salmon season 2007 so as to guarantee regular and timely deliveries to the customers.
Recently the Ledovo Group (Moscow based producer of shellfish and mollusks and other frozen and marinated foods) has signed a contract with Maxima LT UAB (formerly known as VP Market)...
A large coldstore will be built in Nakhodka, Primorsky Krai (capital Vladivostok) with the project to be financed by Russia and Japan.
In January-March 2007 export of finfish and other aquatic species harvested by the vessels based in Primorsky Krai (capital Vladivostok) and landed at foreign ports without calling at home ...
The recent years have been displaying a rapid growth of Russian export of caviar substitutes.
In the year 2006 production of market-size trout farmed in Karelia (Russia's province bordering on Finland) grew by 19% and reached nearly 7000 tonnes. At present, the local fish farms all together contribute ca.70% of Russian trout farmed in cages.