Fishery officials creating conditions for timely start of salmon season

By 15 March 2008 the Government of the Russian Federation shall approve amended rules of competition between users willing to harvest salmon species in the Russian Far East, Kamchatka's Fisheries Ministry Irshat Shaikhov told Poluostrov Kamchatka.

Towards that end, the State Fisheries Committee has appointed officials in the provinces who will be in charge of managing the process.

The development had led to hopes that this year the salmon fishery in the eastern coast of Kamchatka will start in due time without any red tape delays.