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On August 13, 2021, the Symphony transport reefer, owned by the Dobroflot Group of Companies, began the sixth annual expedition along the Northern Sea Route (NSR) to deliver pacific salmon from the Russian Far East to Arkhangelsk, reports Megafishnet.com.

The Antey Group of Companies (a big crab harvester) has announced its decision to create an investment group "Fish Corporation.RF" together with the North-Western Fishing Consortium (NWFC). The new entity will be engaged in the implementation of infrastructure projects in the fishery industry, reports Megafishnet.com.

During recent video talks with Uruguay, Russia’s vet watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor has noted that there is a potential for more frozen fish imports from Uruguay to the domestic market, reports Megafishnett.com.

In September, the Center of fishery monitoring and communications (CFMC) together with Gazprom Space Systems JSC will begin implementing measures to test the Russian satellite communication equipment on ships to provide broadband Internet access, reports Megafishnet.com.

The Russian government is planning to oblige suppliers to export certain types of fish products from the Russian Far Eastern through electronic exchanges, reports Megafishnet.com.

In the first half of 2021 the fishery businesses of the Khabarovsk province boosted exports of value-added seafood to offset the declining volumes due to COVID-19, reports Megafishnet.com.

Revenue from the export of fish and seafood in the first half of the 2021 showed a positive trend, largely due to a significant increase in June, reports Megafishnet.com.

Russian vessels have resumed fishing in the Atlantic fishing zone of the Kingdom of Morocco after almost a year and a half break, reports Megafishnet.com.

At the close of July, the Assistant Head of Russia’s vet watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor Artem Daushev took part in the program of Russian-Indonesian expert consultations on cooperation in the field of agriculture and fisheries products in the format of a videoconference, reports Megafishnet.com.

The first batches of fish products have been received for processing at the plant built by Rusak LLC under the Kamchatka TOR regime (Territory of Advanced Development). The company operates in the village of Ivashka, Karaginsky District, reports Megafishnet.com.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, who on Monday, July 26, 2021 began a working trip to the Far East and Siberia, visited the Yasny fish processing complex on Iturup Island, reports Megafishnet.com.

The harvesting of artemia is a promising business for the Russian fishery sector but for its sustainable development, it is necessary, first of all, to solve the problems with illegal fishing and trafficking of valuable crustaceans. This was stated by the executive director of the All-Russian Association of Fishermen and Exporters (VARPE) Igor Karpman at a recent meeting with government agencies on the prospects of commercial use of artemia, reports Megafishnet.com.

Following the results of the Innoprom-2021 exhibition, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin gave instructions to reform the market of the automatic design systems (CAD) in shipbuilding, reports Megafishnet.com.

Russia’s vet watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor and the Institute of Veterinary Service of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries of the Republic of Angola have agreed on veterinary certificates for the export of milk and dairy products, food fish, seafood and finished products thereof from Russia to Angola, reports Megafishnet.com.

Deliveries of fish in bulk to China as was typical for the Russian suppliers until recently, are unlikely to resume in the same volumes, reports Megafishnet.com.

The second stage of crab quota auctions is likely to unroll in 2023. Other valuable species are also planned to be put up for auction with investment obligations, reports Megafishnet.com.

We are pleased to inform that we have just published the July issue of Russian Fish e-Monthly which is edited by Mr. Andrey Buzin, a seafood professional with a background of senior positions in Russia’s leading fishing companies.

Russia’s Federal Agency for Fishery (FAF) has, in fact, agreed that it will still support the resumption of krill fishery despite proposed construction of vessels at foreign yards. Foreign-built second-hand boats are also considered as an extra option for the resumption of the fishery in the Antarctic by the Russians, reports Megafishnet.com.  

Both federal and local fishery authorities are voicing concern that the unrolling salmon season in Kamchatka may run into a shortage of cold storage capacity, reports Megafishnet.com.

In a counter move, the Russian government has expanded economic sanctions against Ukraine, reports Megafishnet.com.