Fish industry news
In general the year 2006 was characterized by growing import value of finfish and other aquatic species (HSC codes 03, 1604, 1605) by 259 million USD (25.15% up) as compared to 2005.
In the year 2006 export supplies of seafood from Kamchatka amounted to 359.7 million USD or 3.8% down on 2005.
At the recent meeting of the Latvian-Russian workgroup in Moscow Russian specialists said they were prepared to revise the standard content of benzopyrene which had caused problems with export of Latvian canned sprats.
Major processors and distributors with headquarters in Moscow PKP Rus Company has boosted its seafood line produced under the TM "Ugoshchenie ot Botsmana" (Treat from Boatswain)...
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Interatlantic company, major operation in Russian's Ural region, has launched a new label of Sea Dragon...
In early March 2007 the best fishery conditions for the Russian trawlers in the Barents Sea (in terms of catch rates and range) were observed in the Norwegian EEZ, especially on the grounds of large pre-spawning cod, haddock and saithe in the Lofoten waters.
The Norwegian Design Council has presented Simrad with a prestigious Design Award for the new interface of its fishery research multibeam echosounder, the ME70.
According to the order of the Russian veterinary and phytosanitary service Rosselkhoznadzor, as of 1 April 2007 Russia will import Icelandic seafood only from nine companies approved for export to the country.
The past month was marked by increased competition on the salmon market of St. Petersburg, Russia's main entry port for seafood, trading sources told RFR.
Germany has been boosting its purchases of Russian cod fillets despite a general trend of falling imports from other foreign countries.
In the recent weeks preceding early March 2007 salmon caviar has been dramatically appreciating on the Russian market.
In 2006 Belarus increased import of seafood by 2% as compared to 2005 ...
As per early March there were 440 fishing vessels working on the grounds of the seas of the Russian Far East. Their daily catch exceeded ...
Daily catches in the Russian Far East Basin in February 2007 rarely went down below 6500 tonnes and the average daily harvest through the month amounted to 7000 tonnes versus 6600 tonnes in February 2006.
By the end of February 2007 take-up of Alaska pollock quotas in the Sea of Okhotsk amounted to 46.5% against 42.3% last year.
At recent talks the members of the Russian Far East Shrimpers Association and Moscow-based Agama Company, which is a major shrimp distributor on the domestic market, have agreed to bring shrimp from the Russian Far East to western markets of Russia.
The recent limited outbreaks of bird flue near Moscow have caused speculations that the seafood sector can profit from potential consumer switch from chicken to fish due to the resulting health dangers.
Vladivostok-based Alaska Pollock Harvesters Association has recently met to discuss possibilities to increase selling power by consolidating sales of APO roe at the Japanese auctions.
Russian quotas in the North Atlantic in 2005-2007, ‘000 metric tons