Fish industry news

PM Vladimir Putin has warned Andrey Krainy, head of Russia's Federal Fisheries Agency, to proceed with care when making advice on restricting seafood importation to Russia, reports www.fishnet-russia.com (www.fishnet.ru)

Chinese pollock fillets producers working on the Russian raw material tend to minimize the product price by means of manipulations with protein and product weight, Mikhail Kostenets from Allimpex-Kamchatka wrote at the Russian-language forum of www.fishnet-russia.com (https://www.fishnet.ru/)

As of the 1st of January 2009 according to the Federal Law "On Fishery and Conservation of Aquatic Biological Resources" aquatic biological resources caught (captured) during commercial fishery in the inland waters of the Russian Federation, in the territory of sea of Russia, in the continental shelf of Russia, in the Russian EEZ and the products of their processing shall be delivered on the customs territory of the Russian Federation. It is expected that this will increase supplies of seafood product on the domestic market by 20 - 30% in 2009 as well as increase shipping by railways by 30%, reports http://www.fishnet-russia.com/ (https://www.fishnet.ru/)

The Ministry of Agriculture, Russia's Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Rosselkhoznadzor and representatives of territorial bodies, the local administration of a number of regions of Russia and top management of a number of industry Associations took part in a meeting dedicated to the fulfillment of the resolution of the Russian Government No. 184 (about the rules of processing of calling/leaving of fishing vessels in the Russian fish sea ports and importation/exportation of catches of aquatic biological resources) as well as of part 3.2 of 19th article of the Federal Law "On Fishery and Conservation of Aquatic Biological Resources" (according to which aquatic biological resources captured by the Russian fishing vessels in the Barents Sea, the Baltic Sea and in the Black Sea outside the inland sea waters, territorial sea, EEZ and Continental Shelf, as well as in the Azov Sea and the Caspian Sea and products of their processing shall be delivered on the customs territory of the Russian Federation, reports http://www.fishnet-russia.com/ (https://www.fishnet.ru/)

Russia and Belarus will establish a united vet inspection service to inspect food products from other foreign countries, said Mr. Semyon Shapiro, the Minister of Agriculture of Belarus at a recent meeting with Russian colleagues, reports http://www.fishnet-russia.com/ (https://www.fishnet.ru/ )

In the second week of December 2008 trade in freshfrozen seafood in Moscow has been calm without any rise of activity normally observed before the New Year holidays as many processors have built up the necessary stock of raw fish for stable operations through to January 2009, analysts of www.fishnet-russia.com (www.fishnet.ru) concluded after analyzing the current situation on the market.

With mandatory customs clearance of Russia's EEZ catch as of 2009 Russia's Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Rosselkhoznadzor has circulated the necessary explanations to the industry regarding the resulting changes in veterinary control of fish, fish products and non-finfish products, reports http://www.fishnet-russia.com/ (https://www.fishnet.ru)/.

On 5 December 2008 Russia's Federal Fisheries approved TACs 2009 for fishery in the nation's inland waters, including inland sea waters, as well as in the territorial sea of the Russian Federation, on the continental shelf and in the nation's EEZ, in the Sea of Azov and in the Caspian Sea, reports www.fishnet-russia.com (www.fishnet.ru)

The guide has been compiled by analysts of www.fishnet-russia.com (www.fishnet.ru) from the data given in the order No.382 dated 5 December 2008 issued by Russia's Federal Fisheries Agency.

As per 9 December 2008 the fresh frozen fish market situation has been marked by a number of changes, market players based in Murmansk told http://www.fishnet-russia.com/ (https://www.fishnet.ru/)

In the first week of December 2008 trade in freshfrozen seafood in Moscow has remained less active as compared to the traders' expectations in view of the New Year holidays, analysts of www.fishnet-russia.com (www.fishnet.ru) concluded after analyzing the current situation on the market.

Russia's Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Rosselkhoznadzor has introduced temporary restrictions for seafood shipments from all fish processing plants of Vietnam as of 20 December 2008 and a spokesman of the Service's has given grounds for such a crucial decision, reports www.fishnet-russia.com (www.fishnet.ru) with reference to an official source in Rosselkhoznadzor.

In December 2008 the conditions for bottomfish operations in the Barents Sea are expected to remain on a par with the previous month, fishery sources in Murmansk told www.fishnet-russia.com (https://www.fishnet.ru/)

Russia's Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Rosselkhoznadzor has lifted restrictions for seafood importation from one Norwegian plant and one Finnish plant as of 1 December 2008, reports www.fishnet-russia.com (www.fishnet.ru).

Russia's Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Rosselkhoznadzor has updated the list of Vietnamese fish processing plants approved for export of their products to the Russian Federation and holding valid contracts with the Russian importers, reports www.fishnet-russia.com (www.fishnet.ru).