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Four companies operating as part of Norebo Group signed investment quota agreements with the Federal Agency for Fishery (Rosrybolovstvo) at the Eastern Economic Forum held in early September in Vladivostok.

‘The mackerel are moving fast but they don’t seem to have decided where they want to go. We have seen them shifting quickly eastwards for one or two days, then they turn around and start swimming back west again, or northwards.'

As per 27 August 2019 total catches of Pacific salmons in the Russian Far East reached 420 thousand metric tons, 46% up on the respective result of 2017.

Kyrgyzstan-based trout farm growing fish of up to 10 kilos has been continuously developing its product range and is now going to diversify into trout canning.

On 26 August, 2019 Kaliningrad-based Yantar shipyard will begin construction of Russia’s biggest supertrawler.

Russian vets (Rosselkhoznadzor) lifted the import ban for the Estonian fish processor Kajax Fishexports AS. This autumn the company plans to begin shipping frozen fish to Russia.

Russian Fishery Company (RFC) and the Agama Group signed a cooperation agreement as part of the project to build the “Russian Haddock” onshore processing plant for cod and haddock in Murmansk. Construction is scheduled to begin in late August this year. Commissioning is scheduled for next year, 2020.

Through the first seven months of the year 2019 the Russian fishermen harvested 2.96 million metric tons, by 3.5% more than last year.

As per July 23, 2019 the total catch of Pacific salmons amounted to 152.5 thousand metric tons exceeding the respective result of the previous odd year by 55% or 54.6 thousand tonnes.

A shareholders meeting of HB Grandi will be held on August 15 2019 to confirm two decisions made by the board of directors. Firstly, to buy seafood sales companies in Asia and secondly, to change the company´s article 1.1. in order to change the name of the company to Brim hf.

The Russian Fisheries Company Alaska Pollock products under the Nordeco retail brand - fillets, mince and fish fingers - were received by the federal hypermarket chain «Lenta» and the «Redcaviar» retail chain (Moscow).

Víkingur is expected in Vopnafjörður today with around 790 tonnes of mackerel on board. This is their second trip, and Venus has also landed twice in Vopnafjörður, so there is full mackerel production at HB Grandi’s pelagic factory.

The Federal Agency for Fishery (Rosrybolovstvo) has for the first time allowed Yamal fishermen to harvest whitefish Coregonus muksun for aquaculture purposes, reports www.megafishnet.com.

The crab catch in Kamchatka has totaled 9,910 metric tons since the beginning of the year as per 10 July 2019, 102 tonnes down year-on-year, reports www.megafishnet.com.

In the first half of July 2019 the salmon fishery was progressing in the Russian Far East, reports www.megafishnet.com.

According to the results of the auction in the frame of state program of investment quotas, the shares of the quota for the projects of the Russian Fishing Company were determined. 

Representatives of major international fisheries management organizations will take part in the III Global Fishery Forum in St. Petersburg, including the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC), the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission (NPAFC), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR).

The scientists have placed trackers on the orcas and the whales, which would help them track their movements

As per late June 2019 the salmon production in Kamchatka from all types of fisheries amounted to 4745 metric tons.

On Sunday, June 16, the North Kurile fishermen were the first in the Sakhalin region to start the new salmon season 2019.

The shipping company Maersk is considering the possibility of shipping cargoes through the Northern Sea Route (Northern Sea Route) this summer. According to the company's representative, Maersk is currently discussing cooperation with Russia’s Atomflot.

NBAMR, PAO (Nakhodka Active Marine Fishery Base) is going to build a coldstore and a fish processing plant in Nakhodka along with a facility for value added processing in Sakhalin.

Four seals that have undergone rehabilitation at the “Seal” Center have been returned to their natural habitat. Representatives of the Russian Fishery Company, with the support of which the construction of a new complex of the “Seal” Center is currently underway, helped the specialists of the rehabilitation center to release the seals.

‘The blue whiting fishery is very quiet now. It’s not as if this is a surprise, although there had been hopes that the good fishing would continue for a while,’ said Víkingur’s skipper Albert Sveinsson.

Russian Fishery Company, one of the leading producers of Pollock & Pacific Herring, is directing attention for Pacific Herring sales to Nigeria and other parts of Africa.

Terminal Seroglazka, a part of NOREBO group and a resident of the Free port of Vladivostok, is planning to build a big complex in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to serve fishing vessels and organize transhipment of refrigerated and dry container cargoes including those of the Northern Sea Route.

Since 2014 Russian production of mussels and oysters has risen more than 17-fold to 1700 metric tons.

As part of the expedition, two research vessels, Professor Levanidov (VNIRO) and Akademik Mstislav Keldysh (RAS), will conduct a series of surveys in the Arctic seas of Russia.

Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev approved the Federal Scientific and Technical Program for the Development of Genetic Technologies until 2027 concerning aquaculture among other sectors.

Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev approved the Federal Scientific and Technical Program for the Development of Genetic Technologies until 2027 concerning aquaculture among other sectors.