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In the first three months of the current year 2007 Russian importers purchased nearly 260,000 tonnes of seafood on the international market at a total price of more than ...
Saint-Petersburg-based engineering plant Tauras-Fenix has developed an automatic machine Plastpack-OR for packing marinated fish.
At its fish farm JSC ZAO Kazachka Rostov-based AGROKOM Group has started implementation of the Israeli technology aimed at increasing the output of live marketable fish 2.5-fold.
Soon Latvia will receive Russian experts coming to the country in order to check Latvian seafood producers OOO Gamma A (ltd) and AO Brīvais Vilnis which have been earlier banned to export their products to Russia.
As of 1 June 2007 selective grids are mandatory for use by the Russian trawlers in order to reduce catches of young blue whiting.
On 30 May 2007 Sakhalin government and the Food Department of Moscow city government signed a cooperation agreement with Moscow to help build a distribution centre for Sakhalin seafood for further sale to the capital's wholesale and retail network.
In 2006 Kamchatka's major fishing and processing company JSC ZAO Akros and OOO Kamchatka-Vostok (ltd) exceeded the harvest of 2005 by 5142 tonnes or 9.1% from operations under own and leased quotas, reported Rybak Kamchatki.
Control stock of OAO Rybokombinat Pischevik (plc), Russia's large canned fish producer based in Saint Petersburg, has been purchased by foreign companies, reported DP.
Officials of Russia's Federal Property Agency has reportedly promised Vladimir Sokolov, general director of Murmansk Marine Fish Port, not to hurry with the sale of the company's shares in 2007, though no official documents have been provided to confirm the promise.
In June 2007 in the Barents Sea the Russian fleets will continue targeting bottomfish with the bulk of the fishing efforts moving to the Russian waters and into the Grey zone.
In May 2007 the total Russian harvest in the waters of the North Atlantic grew by 1600 tonnes as compared to April 2007.
Producers of sushi-quality raw frozen pink shrimp Pandalus borealis from the Russian Far East are paying more attention to the domestic market which has been actively rising in the recent years unlike the Japanese market facing stagnation and strengthening of competition.
In an early-June interview Rosselkhoznadzor chief Sergey Dankvert said that the certification of foreign plants willing to export their seafood to Russia would likely be completed this fall.
Russia's Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Rosselkhoznadzor have started a massive switch to importation of seafood only from plants approved by the Russian authority.
In the recent months the Russian market has been seeing a rising demand for fishmeal in keeping with the positive international trend.
Russia's Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Rosselkhoznadzor hereby informs that, in connection with elimination of incompliance to the Russian veterinary and sanitary requirements, temporary restrictions for seafood imports from the Norwegian company ...
In connection with the disclosure of bacteria of the colibacillus group and mesophilic aerobic and elective anaerobic microorganisms in pangasius portions (25 tonnes) and pangasius fillets (24 tonnes) coming to the Russian Federation from from the Vietnamese plants ...
Russia's Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Rosselkhoznadzor have started a massive switch to importation of seafood only from plants approved by the Russian authority.
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.