News - AQUACULTURE / FISH FARMING - Paid

Russia’s Federal Agency for Fishery (FAF) has put up for electronic auctions five large areas for marine culture off the coast of Primorsky Krai province (Capital Vladivostok), reports Megafishnet.com.

The Russian Aquaculture Company (RA), the largest salmon producer operating in the country’s North, is working on possible Atlantic salmon farming in Primorye province (capital Vladivostok) with the final decision to be made later this summer. Another possibility on the agenda has to do with marine culture of scallops and sea cucumbers (the latter known as trepan in the region), reports Megafishnet.com.

The Russian marine culture made a big leap in 2020, 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 harvest volume and sales of Russian Aquaculture (Russia’s leading Atlantic salmon farmer) displayed a considerable decrease year-on-year in 2020. This was mainly caused by the shift of the fish slaughtering to 2021 because of the slower growth to marketable weight in the abnormally low water temperatures in the first half of 2020, reports Megafishnet.com...

Russian Salmon LLC, the country’s second largest salmon farmer is back on the market after the big loss of fish due to disease in 2015, reports Megafishnet.com.