Fish industry news
Average daily harvest of the fleet based in the Russian Far East in October amounted to 4100 metric tons.
In 2006 some 80% of the Alaska pollock catch in the Russian Far East has been shipped for export as raw material while next year nearly the entire pollock harvest is likely to miss the domestic market.
Despite a strong supply on the Russian canned fish market canned sprats remain one of the most popular products enjoying a strong demand, according to GB magazine.
According to the agreement made at the 35th session of the Mixed Russian-Norwegian Fisheries Commission, in the year 2007 the overall supply of whitefish species from the North Basin can grow thanks to increased haddock and saithe quotas, though the quota of cod, the most valuable whitefish species,...
The Russian market of Alaska pollock fillets in the second half of the current year 2006 can be characterized as rather soft.
After a noticeable fall mackerel prices started to rise already in the middle of October 2006, according to reports from trading sources in Saint Petersburg , Russia ’s main entry port for imported seafood.
Frozen easy-to-cook fish product Master-kok designed by AtlantNIRO research institute is expected to become popular on the Russian market in the future, according to Mayak Baltiki.
At present the share of Kaliningrad canned fish on the Russian market accounts for ca.40%, according to Mayak Baltiki.
In January-July 2006 Belarus imported 109,600 metric tons of fish boosting this indicator by 8.9% on the same period last year 2005, according to the nation’s Ministry of Statistics and Analysis.
JSC ZAO Rybnaya Kompania based in Gatchina in Leningrad Oblast surrounding Saint-Petersburg, OOO Khoma (ltd) based in Lomonosovsky District of Leningrad Oblast and JSC ZAO Nazia from Kirovsky District of Leningrad Oblast have succeeded to increase their seafood exports to EU (mostly to Germany, Swit...
The 35th Meeting of Mixed Russian-Norwegian Fisheries Commission taking place in Tromsoe , Norway on 30 October – 3 November 2006 has set cod TAC for 2007 at 429,000 tonnes.
Russia’s major Alaska pollock harvesters have fallen prey of sweeping acquisitions by what was described as entities affiliated with one of the world’s leading frozen fish suppliers Pacific Andes based in Hong Kong, reports Russia’s FINANS Magazine No.
Russia’s major Alaska pollock harvesters have fallen prey of sweeping acquisitions by what was described as entities affiliated with one of the world’s leading frozen fish suppliers Pacific Andes based in Hong Kong, reports Russia’s FINANS Magazine No.
Denmark has seen some changes in the supply of bottom fish from Russia.
By its circular dated 23 October 2006 Rosselkhoznadzor Veterinary and Phytosanitary Inspectorate has strengthened control of the nation’s import of Atlantic salmon and trout from Norway by making a list of Russian importers allowed to take the products from eight previously certified Norwegian plant...
Despite currently favourable conditions for efficient fishing operations on the saury grounds the problem of limited saury quotas remains unsolved first of all for Primorye-based fishermen.
Growing abundance of the red king crab stock in the Barents Sea in the recent 40 years has not changed the structure of bottom communities to the great extent as previously thought, according to Murmansk Institute of Marine Biology as reported by REGNUM.
On 6 October Norwegian well-fish boat Viknes called at Liinahamari port (Pechenga Guba in the northwest of the Kola Peninsula ) to land 100,000 juveniles of Atlantic salmon.
Moscow-based Greentrust Group of companies is making a special focus on product branding. In particular, it has been actively promoting its two labels Sailor and BonDeLaMar on the Russian seafood market.
For the first seven months of 2006 the Russian Federation has increased sales of Alaska pollock fillets to Germany to 16 000 tonnes, 45% up on the same period last year, according to Globefish.