Fish industry news
Federal Agency for Fishery (FAF) has eventually succeeded in selling the last lot of deep-sea crab quota shares at a seventh investment-linked auction taking place on May 31st with the previous six attempts ending in failure for lack of bidders, reports Megafishnet.com.
On May 25, 2021, a medium-tonnage fishing trawler of T40B project was laid at the Volga-based Nobel Brothers Shipyard, a subsidiary of the Kalashnikov Group of Companies, reports Megafishnet.com.
Russia’s consumer protection body Rospotrebnadzor has joined the working group to help update the requirements for the content of arsenic in fish products, the current obsolete rates preventing an increase in consumption of a number of valuable species, reports Megafishnet.com.
As per start of June the process of resuming the export of Russian seafood to China by reefer vessels remained stalled casting shadows on the prospects for bulk shipments from the unrolling wild salmon season to the Chinese market later this year, reports Megafishnet.com.
As per late May, more than 540 thousand tons of fish products have been exported from the Primorye region (main export hub in the Russian Far East) since the beginning of 2021 with the destinations’ shares considerably changing versus the same period in 2020, reports Megafishnet.com.
"Russian Aquaculture" PJSC (Russia’s largest company in the sector of commercial salmon and trout farming) has announced the exercise of an option to purchase the remaining 60% of an up-to-date plant for primary processing of fish in the Murmansk region, reports Megafishnet.com.
Russian Crab Group of Companies (RC), a new major quota holder, has made its first shipment of crab products to the EU, reports Megafishnet.com.
From 1st January 2022, the Russian seafood producers will be subject to new requirements of the General Customs Administration of the People's Republic of China on the import of food products, fish and seafood inclusive, reports Megafishnet.com.
Russia’s Federal Agency for Fishery (FAF) and its territorial divisions have announced plans to conduct auctions for 143 aquaculture sites with a total area of 22 thousand hectares in the near future, reports Megafishnet.com.
The Sub-Commission on Customs Tariff and Non-tariff Regulation, Protective Measures in Foreign Trade has proposed to extend zero rates of import customs duties on trout and salmon fry until December 31, 2024, reports Megafishnet.com.
In the first four months of 2021, Russia has steeply increased exports of agricultural products to Japan with the greatest input provided by frozen seafood, reports Megafishnet.com.
The installation of fishing and cargo deck equipment has been completed on the lead supertrawler "Kapitan Vdovichenko" from a series of vessels that are being built for the Russian Fishery Company (RFC) at the Admiralty Shipyards in St. Petersburg, reports Megafishnet.com.
The head of Russia’s Federal Agency for Fishery (FAF) Ilya Shestakov has confirmed plans to open a snow crab opilio fishery in the Kara Sea from 2022, reports Megafishnet.com.
Close to mid-May ForSea Solutions, a sustainability and technical consultancy for the seafood industry, has announced that it will work closely with several major North American seafood companies, notably The Fishin’ Company and Gorton’s, Inc., to promote continued fishery improvement in Russian Far East salmon fisheries.
As this year production of pollock WR in Russian waters has become quite low (82% of 2020 as for Jan-Apr), Alaskan production was insignificant (238 MT). Korea stopped pollock import from Japan after the Fukushima disaster 10 years ago, and current plans to dump heavy water doesn’t motivate them to lift the ban. It makes problems for APO WR supply to Korea, while the fish is of startegic importance for Koreans.
As Megafishnet.com mentioned a month ago, this year A-season for Russian pollock lasted longer than usual, and now it is over.
As per mid-May 2021 Murmansk wholesale market is displaying persistent poor supply of cod, haddock and saithe for the domestic needs as most of the catch is shipped for export, reports Megafishnet.com.
As per mid-May 2021 wholesale prices for frozen salmon from Chile have been on a rise in Moscow, just in keeping with the traders’ expectations, reports Megafishnet.com.
On 12 May 2021 Russia’s Federal Agency for Fishery (FAF) held an auction for the sale of rights to catch Atlanto-scandian herring in the Faroese fishing zone, reports Megafishnet.com.
As per mid-May 2021 the wholesale market at St. Petersburg (Russia’s main entry port for imported seafood) is displaying a brisker demand for Atlantic herring WR originating from the Faroe Islands, reports Megafishnet.com.