Russian Fish e-Monthly No.10 (73) October 1, 2002

FISHING INDUSTRY NEWS
Russia and Morocco sign fishery agreement
Murmansk buys vessels for anticipated red king crab bonanza
Japanese probing into imports of transplanted king crab
Norwegian skipper fined for illegal crab catch
Crab poaching on the rise in the Barents Sea
Quota granted to recreational crab fishermen
Murmansk inshore waters could yield 600,000t of salmon
Moscow resisting Norway’s bid for Murmansk hatchery
Murmansk fishery scientists returning to distant grounds
Congress of Fishermen to provide concrete solutions for industry’s problems
Iceland joins the race for investment into Murmansk fishery industry
Russia and USA discussing cooperation in fishery research
Russia mounts restocking and farming effort
Fishery inspectorate moves to new offices
Fishermen blast new quota issue procedure
Russians look into stocks of the Kara Sea
Land-based processors profiting from research quota landings
RFE skipper patenting gear for fishery on underwater seamounts
Border Guard arresting three vessels for poaching
Zander fishery hit by shallow waters
Private firms apply for next year quotas
COMPANY NEWS
Kamchatka firm marks 10 years in business displaying continuous growth
Major firm gets new boss
Russian-Portuguese firm commissioning factory’s first phase
Firm’s new leadership sets guidelines for the future
UTRF’s floating processors make a loss
Major harvester holds stock in hope of better prices
Private company dealing with HACCP issues
FISHING SCENE
Catch of northern provinces hits 835,000 metric tonnes
Overall catch up, monthly catch down in Murmansk
Scallop fishery hit by poor stock abundance
RFE: saury fishery improving, pollack harvest moderate
Khabarovsk chum season ends in disaster
SHIPBUILDING, CONVERSIONS AND REFURBISHMENT
Murmansk company takes delivery of modern freezer trawler
Arkhangelsk combine refurbishing one more trawler
Nerpa shipyard builds for Norwegian customer
Nakhodka combine to build deep-sea trawlers
MARKET MONITOR
Stocks, quotas, supplies, prices, new products, etc.
Demand for frozen fish surging in Moscow and St. Petersburg
Kaliningrad’s fishery industry displaying substantial growth
Murmansk works at revival of chilled fish trade
Demand for Norwegian mackerel affected by Russian competition
Norwegian saithe supplies to Russia on the rise
Murmansk processors to boost sales in Moscow and St. Petersburg
Port to charge more for fish handling
Mixed results of the quota auction
More canned salmon for Japan
Appendix 1: RESULTS OF QUOTA AUCTION HELD ON 27 SEPTEMBER 2002
Appendix 2. Fairs and exhibitions
Appendix 3: October overview of wholesale prices