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Note: Provisional figures of Russia’s Federal Customs Service. Final figures will differ 1%-3% upwards.
Note: Provisional figures of Russia’s Federal Customs Service. Final figures will differ 1%-3% upwards.
Mosmart, one of federal large retail chains, has been paying increasing attention to seafood products in its range due to a growing demand from consumers.
Russian harvest in the North Atlantic and in the Central Eastern Atlantic in autumn period has remained comparably stable.
The scientists of the TINRO-Center of the Russian delegation have participated in the 18th session of the Inter-government Russian-American advisory fishery committee.
In October 2007 the Russian bottomfish operations will be conducted under non-stable autumn conditions connected with dispersed concentrations and the start of the stormy period.
In September 2007 Russia's total harvest in the North Atlantic and Central Eastern Atlantic amounted to 84,200 metric tons, 15,500 tonnes down on the result of the previous month.
As per early October 2007 there were ca.750 vessels, including 580 fishing vessels, operating on the grounds of the Russian Far East Basin.
Russia will stop assigning quotas for commercial fishing from January 1, 2008, the head of the fisheries regulator said on Tuesday.
In September the surface bar field will normally switch from the summer type to the winter type thus causing Pacific cyclones which are accompanied with strong winds and rough weather on the fishing grounds.
As per 9 October 2007 some movement is certainly taking place on frozen fish market...
Russia's Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) is to be completely operational in Russia until the end of 2007, President Putin promised at his recent meeting with the scientists of Belgorod State University.
State-owned sturgeon hatchery FGUP Grivensky Osetrovyi Rybozavodnoy Zavod based near the Olympics city in Kransodarsky Krai Territory in the south of Russia has fulfilled the target of farming juveniles of sturgeon and herbivorous fish species.
Subject to state monopoly for black caviar in 15 years Russia should be able to annually produce 300-400 tonnes of the product.
Through the period of eight months of 2007 the total export value of Norwegian seafood shipped to Russia amounted to 340 million USD.
The newly appointed Russian fishery head Andrey Krainy has been elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of Murmansk Marine Fish Port known to have been struggling with poor landings in the last few years.
According to the poll made by Gfk-Ukraine in early 2007, the bulk of the respondents, namely 48.6%, consume canned fish at least once a month.
OAO Arkhangelsk Trawlfleet (plc) has excellent prospects for development especially in the field of distant grounds fishery in view of the recently announced ambitious government plans in this area.
The total turnover in the food sector of Russia's capital city of Moscow through the first eight months of the current year 2007 has grown by 4.7% to 6.2 million metric tons as compared to the same period of 2006.
Russia's Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Rosselkhoznadzor continues strengthening control of safety of imported seafood.