Fish industry news
Under the prepared legislation, producers of agricultural products, fish inclusive, will have the right to use a label indicating the environmental friendliness of the goods subject to a certificate of conformity. This will apply to items that are produced with the help of fertilizers, pesticides and food additives that meet safety requirements, and are packaged in biodegradable or recyclable containers, reports Megafishnet.com.
Russian fleets were engaged in Baltic Sea pelagiс fishery as well as bottom trawl fishery for cod and haddock in February 2021, reports Megafishnet.com.
In February 2021 few Russian trawlers were targeting various species at East and West Greenland, NAFO regulatory area and in the Mauritanian EEZ, reports Megafishnet.com.
Construction of the factory freezer trawler BMRT “Magadan” has taken off for Pacific Fishery LLC (Tikhrybcom) at Tersan shipyard in Turkey, and it is hoped that in the future similar large-tonnage vessels will be built in Russia, reports Megafishnet.com.
The onshore plant "Russian Pollock", built by the Russian Fishery Company (RFC) near Vladivostok, is expanding production volume switching to a double-shift operation, according to RFC. Though, the factory is still far below the promised capacity, reports Megafishnet.com.
In February 2021 Russian fleets continued targeting herring, Northern blue whiting and black halibut in the Norwegian Sea, reports Megafishnet.com.
During the second month of 2021 Russian fleets operating in the Atlantic Ocean harvested 88,400 tonnes of fish, 26,800 tonnes up on January 2021, reports Megafishnet.com.
Federal departments are working on the allocation of further investment quotas for an extra boost to onshore facilities. Thus, the government took into account the position of the main fishermen’s organization (VARPE) on the use of this mechanism for the socio-economic development of coastal regions, reports Megafishnemt.com.
According to Kamchatka governor Vladimir Solodov, the province’s government is working on boosting the number of voyages along the Northern Sea Route in the Arctic and it is planned that in two years’ time the cargo traffic on this route will occur all year round, reports Megafishnet.com.
Russia’s Federal Agency for Fisheries (FAF) has announced that it will hold an electronic auction on April 7, 2021 for “the sale of the right to conclude an agreement on securing and granting a share of the crab catch quota provided for investment purposes in the field of fisheries for commercial fishery and (or) inshore fishery in the Far Eastern Fisheries”, reports Megafishnet.com.
The Russian government is preparing a subsidies scheme for the transportation of fresh, chilled and frozen fish, as well as fish fillets from the Russian Far East to the country’s main consumption areas in the West, reports Megafishnet.com.
According to an early March statement by the organizers EXPO Solutions Group, the GLOBAL FISHERY FORUM & SEAFOOD EXPO RUSSIA 2021 will be held on time on July 6-8 later this year in St. Petersburg and registration will start very soon, reports Megafishnet.com.
The method developed by the scientists of St. Petersburg University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO) will allow converting waste obtained during the production of herring fillets into omega-3 and collagen. These substances can be used in the food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries, reports Megafishnet.com.
At present Sakhalin has 58 chum salmon ranching plants, which contribute to the region’s leading position in the Pacific salmon reproduction in the Far East. The years 2019 and 2020 showed a progressive rise of chum salmon runs to the basic rivers in the southeast of Sakhalin where the plants are located. Namely, the runs grew stronger to 6.7 thousand metric tons (+7.4% above the expectations) in 2019 and 9.9 thousand tonnes (+22.6%) in 2020, reports Megafishnet.com.
The Russian Fish Company (RFC) is launching its own chain of seafood shops in Moscow, reports Megafishnet.com.
Astrakhan scientists developed new compound aquafeeds containing a natural attractant - glasswort (Salicornia genus) that grows in the region, reports Megafishnet.com.
The most important fishery in Pacific Russia - Alaska pollock fishery in the Sea of Okhotsk - is under way. Sixty days out of a hundred have passed, but fishing is slow. Total APO catch was 399.3 thousand MT, 25% (129,400 MT) below 2020 result when it was 528,700 MT, reports Megafishnet.com.
As of March 2, 2021, Russia’s veterinary watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor imposes restrictions on fish feed imports from a UK company due to the GM-content, reports Megafishnet.com.
Russia’s fishery head Ilya Shestakov has disclosed plans for a further big boost to the country’s fish processing capability beyond the current targets under the investment quota shares scheme, reports Megafishnet.com.
In January 2021 Murmansk suppliers exported **** metric tons of finfish and other aquatic species or twice more as compared to **** tonnes delivered to the international market in January 2020, reports Megafishnet.com.