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Russian Alaska pollock Theragra chalcogramma import statistics for the first three quarters of 2005-2006

Russian cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus macroceрhalus, Gadus ogac) and polar cod Boreogadus saida import statistics for the first three quarters of 2005-2006

Russian saithe Рollachius virens import statistics for the first three quarters of 2005-2006

Russian haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus import statistics for the first three quarters of 2005-2006

Russian ocean perch Sebastes sрр. import statistics for the first three quarters of 2005-2006

Russian surimi import statistics for the first three quarters of 2005-2006

Russian import statistics for finfish and other aquatic species for the first three quarters of 2005-2006

The Simrad AP25 Series Virtual Feedback Autopilot has received the Best Autopilot award at the 2006 National Marine Electronics (NMEA) convention, held recently in Naples, Florida.

The Moscow-based seafood importer CJSC REAL has increased hake sales on the Russian market four times since the line was included in the firm's range in 2004, according to REAL.

At the recent 35th meeting of the Mixed Russian-Norwegian Fisheries Commission the parties have confirmed their strategy of the capelin stock management to make sure that maximum possible TAC should provide for a 95% probability that at least 200,000 tonnes of capelin would take part in the spawning.

At the recent 35th meeting of the Mixed Russian-Norwegian Fisheries Commission the parties have noted that the rational management of the saithe stock has led to its stabilization at a high level.

In 2007 the Alaska pollock allocation available for the Russian fishermen in the Sea of Okhotsk has been approved at 511,000 metric tons, roughly in keeping with the current year figure.

By the start of November 2006 Russia ’s Federal Fisheries Agency has allocated the so-called fishery reserve of cod quotas in Murmansk-led North Basin .

As per mid-November 2006 the freshfrozen fish market in St. Petersburg has seen considerable ripples from surging blue whiting prices and falling prices for herring, trading sources told RFR.

Main fishing species in November 2006 will be herring, halibut, cod, Alaska pollock, saury, squid, crabs and shrimps.

The four-party agreement signed in late October 2006 between EU, Faeroe Islands, Iceland and Norway finalised a reduction of the TAC for the species in the Northeast Atlantic.

Russia has announced a quota of 3.18 million crab individuals to be harvested in the Russian EEZ in the Barents Sea in 2007.

In 2005 Homyakovsky Hladokombinat Fish Plant based in Tula near Moscow and exporting under GULFISH label doubled its sales.

The Russian fish processors believe they could put up a good case of competition with China subject to the federal government’s far-sighted dealing with the problems of the industry.