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Russian vets have issued a list of Chinese fish processing plants/vessels for exportation fish, fish products and non-finfish products to the Russian Federation, reports http://www.megafishnet.com/ (https://www.fishnet.ru/)

Capture quotas 2010 for offshore operations in the Russian Far East, which have been duly distributed between the users under the respective order of the nation's Federal Fisheries Agency No.1129 dated 8 December 2009, have been increased by 232,200 tonnes on the previous year allocations, reports http://www.fishnet-russia.com/ (https://www.fishnet.ru/)

According to the provisional figures, in 2009 Russia's fishing companies harvested *** metric tons of aquatic biological resources, thus exceeding the result of 2008 by *** tonnes, reports http://www.fishnet-russia.com/ (https://www.fishnet.ru/) with reference to the nation's Federal Fisheries Agency.

In November 2009 shipments of main seafood commodities from the Russian Far East to main markets have remained fairly difficult both in terms of volumes and prices. The only exception has been made by shipments of pink salmon to China, sockeye, frozen salmon roe and Atka mackerel to Japan, according to the overview prepared by analysts of http://www.fishnet-russia.com/ (https://www.fishnet.ru/)

The total harvest of Russian vessels in the North Atlantic and Central Eastern Atlantic from 8 to 15 January grew to ca.10,400 tonnes, thus displaying an increase by 5700 tonnes on the result of the first week of 2010, fishery sources in Murmansk told http://www.fishnet-russia.com/ (https://www.fishnet.ru/)

Marine Harvest ASA has released its next routine mandatory notification of trade, reports www.fishnet-russia.com.

Marine Harvest ASA has announced update after the end of Q4 2009, reports www.fishnet-russia.com.

For the first time in the recent years the Federal Fisheries Agency issued orders on distribution of capture quotas 2010 between the users already in the end of the first ten days of December 2009, thus enabling the shipowners to apply for fishing permits in due time, reports www.fishnet-russia.com (www.fishnet.ru)

In response to numerous applications of the interested parties Russia's Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Rosselkhoznadzor has introduced temporary restrictions for importation of fish, fish products and non-finfish products (including zander) from Kazakhstan into the Russian Federation, reports http://www.fishnet-russia.com/ (https://www.fishnet.ru/)

Marine Harvest ASA has announced changes in the Board of Directors, reports www.fishnet-russia.com.

Irish seafood companies have turned spotlight on Russia as their next promising market. To realize that goal Irish Food Board (Board Bia) has organized a free trip to Ireland for leading Russian fish companies, reports www.fishnet-russia.com (www.fishnet.ru) with reference to the Board's official press-release.

Russia's Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Rosselkhoznadzor has released a list of Azerbaijanian vessels and fish processing plants approved for export to Russia, reports http://www.fishnet-russia.com/ (https://www.fishnet.ru/ )

In early January 2010 the general market conditions for seafood produced in the North Pacific were more or less formed, mostly thanks to brisker operations of the Russian fleets which opened a new roe pollock season in the northeast part of the Sea of Okhotsk. While their US colleagues were only finishing preparation for the dedicated trawl fishery of pollock in the east of the Bering Sea, the Russians were fairly quickly covering their quotas mostly in the Kamchatka Kurile subarea traditionally contributing ca.80% of the total harvest, according to the overview prepared by analysts of www.fishnet-russia.com (www.fishnet.ru) based on Japanese and Russian sources.

Russia's Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Rosselkhoznadzor has introduced temporary restrictions on the import of fish, fish products and non-finfish products from a Chinese plant, reports www.fishnet-russia.com (www.fishnet.ru) with reference to the Service.

A new self-service fish concept for the grocery sector, an innovative cleaning robot, a fish that only recently appeared on the German market - the exhibitors at the 12th fish international will have with them numerous innovations. The trade fair will present outstanding special shows, new ideas and products at the Bremen Exhibition Centre from 21 to 23 February 2010, reports http://www.fishnet-russia.com/

Marine Harvest ASA has issued a routine mandatory notification of trade, reports www.fishnet-russia.com.

On 1 January 2010 a new pollock season took off in the Russian Far East, the fishery actually proceeding from the autumn season B in the Sea of Okhotsk (where as of 1 January 2009 the fishery has been broken into two seasons, A in winter-spring and B in autumn with ca.30% of the annual TAC 2009 of more than 1.2 million tonnes allocated for autumn operations), according to the overview prepared by analysts of http://www.fishnet-russia.com/ (https://www.fishnet.ru/) based on Japanese and Russian sources.

In December 2009 development of the Russian and US Pacific fisheries mostly depended on the fleets' preparation to the spawning pollock fishery taking off in January 2010 and contributing up to 50% of the annual proceeds to the fishermen's budgets, according to the overview prepared by analysts of http://www.fishnet-russia.com/ (https://www.fishnet.ru/) based on Japanese and Russian sources.