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Qingdao, China, Nov 3, 2011: China's increasingly insatiable appetite for seafood was never more apparent than at this year's record-setting China Fisheries & Seafood Expo, which concluded November 3rd in Qingdao.

Speaking at the recent International Congress of Fishermen in Vladivostok President of Russia's Pollock Catchers Association (PCA) German Zverev expressed his ideas on prospects of the national fishery industry, reports www.megafishnet.com.

Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs began consultations on implementation of the Agreement on Cooperation on Several Matters in the Field of Fisheries of Maritime Living Resources between the Government of Japan and the Government of the Russian Federation (the document dated February 21, 1998), reports http://www.megafishnet.com/

Russia's Federal Fisheries Agency can introduce adequate measures against Norway due to recent arrests of Russian fishing vessels in Spitsbergen, reports http://www.megafishnet.com/

FishFiles Lite has summarized key developments in EU fisheries and fish trade policy and legislation over the last month

The 6th International Fishery Congress has taken place in Vladivostok on September, 6-7.

The congress has been rather poorly promoted, there is not much information about it either on its internet page or in livejournal, twitter and facebook pages even in Russian, and almost nothing in English. Our correspondent was present at almost all events at the Congress, and has summed up his impressions.

The ten year quota shares have led to poor quota exhaustion and declining competition between the fishermen harvesting freshwater species, and, in particular, pike-perch in the big Pskovsko-Chudskoe Lake, according to the region's government.

In the first half the domestic gross product of the Russian fishery industry displayed the greatest growth rate as compared to the other branches of the national economy, according to the Federal Statistical Service.

The British Columbia, Canada spiny dogfish (Squalus suckleyi) fishery has received Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification as a sustainable fishery following an independent, scientific assessment conducted by an accredited certification body, Moody Marine Limited, according to MSC.

Later this autumn Russia and Norway are going to launch a joint fishery site.

The Russian government says that they are pleased with the results of the recent decision to abolish customs payments on fish and seafood, caught within the country's 200-mile economic zone. Allegedly, this has increased the supply to the domestic market, according to www.megafishnet.com.

Fishing Industry development Commission of the Government of Russian Federation decided to continue work at Plan of IUU fishery fighting. It was decided at the meeting on August, 9 under guidance of First deputy prime-minister of Russia Victor Zubkov. This is reported by to http://www.megafishnet.com/

The 6th Fishermen Congress will be concentrated on Aquaculture, Responsible Fishing and Food security. Those problems will be discussed at round tables at the Congress, which will take place on September, 6‑7 in Vladivostok. The major theme for the event will be "Fishery modernization - targets, conditions, moving force", according to http://www.megafishnet.com/