Russia's Federal Fisheries Agency reporting low take-up of flatfish TACs 2010
From the start of 2010 the Russian fishermen harvested 11,300 tonnes of flounder/plaice, 2100 tonnes up on the same period of 2009 with the TACs 2010 thus covered at 17%, reports http://www.megafishnet.com/ (https://www.fishnet.ru/) with reference to the National Centre for Fisheries Monitoring and Communication.
Russia's flounder/plaice catch as per early April 2010 | |
Fishing area | Harvest, metric tonnes |
Russian Far East Basin, total | 10,320 |
Bering Sea | 3791 |
Sea of Okhotsk | 2802 |
North Fisheries Basin (Barents Sea) | 350 |
West Fisheries Basin (Baltic Sea) | 432 |
Sea of Azov, Black Sea | 800 |
Convention areas, open part of the World Ocean | 192 |
Foreign zones | 28 |
The total harvest of all the aquatic biological resources since the start of the year reached 1,207,300 tonnes, 18.9% up on the corresponding result of 2009.