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Russia's incorrect state policy as to transfer of salmon reproduction functions to private companies has led to conflict of business interests and strategic purposes on sustainable reproduction and stock-saving exploitation of salmon stocks in Sakhalin, reports http://www.megafishnet.com/

Representatives of Russia's Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor), Norwegian Food Safety Authority (Mattilsynet) and public organizations uniting fish market participants have recently met to discuss a number of issues, for instance, shipments of Norwegian seafood to Russia, reports http://www.megafishnet.com/

In March 2012 the fishery activity continued developing and, according to estimated figures, through the month the Russian harvest in the Atlantic Ocean amounted to 118,400 MT, 8,900 MT up on February 2012. The contribution of Kaliningrad-based vessels amounted to ca.20%, reports www.megafishnet.com.

Russian oil and gas investor has been actively developing a project on construction of a fish processing plant in Spitsbergen and this is not going to become a symbolic object for geopolitical purposes but rather a real business project based on logistical advantages of the plant's location close to the fishing grounds and main whitefish markets, reports http://www.megafishnet.com/

On March, 27-29 all the sellers started to sell simultaneously, and large quantities have been sold. The prices also behaved in unusual way but the prices achieved by the Russian producers can be compared at this stage only in a preliminary fashion

Russia's Government will crackdown on implicit subsidiaries of Pacific Andes to buy back pollock quotas, reports http://www.megafishnet.com/ with reference to PR head of Russia's Federal Fisheries Agency Alexander Saveljev.

In 2011 Russia's Federal Fisheries Agency acting under the provisions of the Federal Law on Fishery has revoked 287 contracts with holders of capture quota shares, of which 226 were revoked on a voluntary basis and 61 under court decision, reports http://www.megafishnet.com/

Marine Harvest ASA (leading supplier of salmon to world market and Russia in particular) has entered into agreements with the largest European institute for applied research within fisheries, aquaculture and food, Nofima, and the leading Norwegian agricultural feed producer, Felleskjøpet Rogaland Agder, which opens up for establishing a leading Norwegian salmon feed company with a yearly production capacity of up to 500.000 tonnes of salmon feed.

A New Zealand-led survey of young toothfish in Antarctica has found high densities of the highly-prized fish in the southern Ross Sea.

In the middle of APO season in Sea of Okhotsk, the main harvesting business in Russian Pacific waters, APO HG market is behaving really strange way now, reports www.megafishnet.com.

The first week after Seattle auctions was exciting. Japanese buyers asked Russian sellers not to run auctions on March, 20 (not a very important holiday, but they wanted to have a rest after transpacific flights), reports www.megafishnet.com.

Russia's fishery industry has continued showing a positive trend in all its social and economic indices, reports http://www.megafishnet.com/

In mid-March 2012 Knipovich Polar Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography (PINRO) hosted a scientific council which discussed forecast for fish catches in 2013 and concluded that their dynamics could be mixed, reports http://www.megafishnet.com/

Russian Fish Company has remained the unchallenged leader in seafood imports in 2011 both in terms of net weight and customs value. During 12 months of 2011 it imported **,*** MT of finfish and seafood

In 2011 509 Russian companies were engaged in seafood import purchases on the world market. The leading importer remained unchanged – ZAO Russian Fish Company (closed jsc). Other big importers included such firms as Atlant Pacific, AKRA, Flyfish, Ludmila, etc...

In 2011 509 Russian companies were engaged in seafood import purchases on the world market. The leading importer in terms of customs value remained unchanged – ZAO Russian Fish Company (closed jsc). Other big importers included such firms as Atlant Pacific, Akra, Norvezhskaya Semga, Flyfish, etc...

В 2011году 1054 foreign companies exported seafood to the Russian market. The leading supplier in shipments volume was Norway Pelagic AS with the share of *.**%. Other big exporters to Russia included such firms as Nergard Sales, Iceland Seafood, Iceland Pelagic, Marine Harvest Norway, etc...