Fish industry news
In the end of January 2012 one of the biggest Russian fishing companies Murmansk Trawl Fleet (MTF) finally sold the bulk of its shares to a group of Russian share holders controlling fishing companies under the umbrella of fast-growing fishing giant Karat Holding, reports http://www.megafishnet.com/
Seafood products are exported from Murmansk mostly to the EU countries with the largest shipments in 2011 destined to the Netherlands, reports http://www.megafishnet.com/
AKVA group ASA and OJSC «Russian Sea Group» announce the signing of the contract for complete AKVA Cage Farm to be installed in the operations of Russian Sea-Aquaculture LLC in the Murmansk region, reports www.megafishnet.com.
Norwegian Fishermen's Association (Norges Fiskarlag) and Murmansk-led Union of Fishermen of the North are holding consultations to work out strategy for whitefish pricing in view of economic turmoil in Europe, reports http://www.megafishnet.com/
According to estimated figures, in December 2011 the Russian harvest in the Atlantic Ocean amounted to *** MT, *** MT down on November 2011. The contribution of Kaliningrad-based vessels amounted to less than 14%, reports www.megafishnet.com.
In November 2011 the situation with shipments of such major seafood commodities as salmon, pollock roe and frozen crab from the Russian Far East was characterised as mostly positive, both in terms of volumes and prices, reports http://www.megafishnet.com/
American pollock fishery has not started yet, while more than *** MT taken in Russia in difficult fishing conditions. Possibly, the whole season will run fast in Russia because of favourable market situation, reports http://www.megafishnet.com/ with reference to Russian, American and Japanese sources.
Russia's Federal Agency for Fisheries has summarized provisional results of the industry's operations in 2011, reports http://www.megafishnet.com/
Main Alaska pollock season has taken off in the Sea of Okhotsk as of 1 January 2012 and as per 17 January 2012 the reported catch rates were higher than last year, reports http://www.megafishnet.com/
Russia's Government has introduced a number of amendments into the federal target program on the nation's fishery industry development, reports http://www.megafishnet.com/
According to Russia's State Statistics Service (Rosstat), in 2011 consumer prices for seafood were showing positive dynamics, reports http://www.megafishnet.com/