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As per mid-June 2021 wholesale prices for frozen salmon and trout have been calm in Moscow, the demand remaining weak, reports Megafishnet.com.
The vessels conducting inshore fishery will soon be legally allowed to produce primary products, the types of which will be determined by the Government. These rights are included in the corresponding Bill adopted by the State Duma (Lower House) in the third reading on June 15, 2021. When approved by the Upper House (Federation Council) and signed by President Putin, the law will be applicable to all Russian inshore fisheries but Murmansk will be the main beneficiary because the lack of the above rights was the greatest obstacle to inshore operations in that area, reports Megafishnet.com.
As per mid-June 2021 Murmansk wholesale market is featuring a strong demand for halibut in all sizes, reports Megafishnet.com.
The season of roe auctions in Busan is almost over, reports Megafishnet.com.
Due to difficult meteorological and ice conditions, fishing in the Far Eastern seas is carried out with some shift relative to the usual schedule, reports Megafishnet.
The statistics for Alaska pollock catch and production in USA and Russia in the first five months of 2021 show different trends, reports Megafishnet.com.
On June 2, 2021, the State Duma adopted in the third reading the draft of the Federal Law " On Amendments to the Federal Law "On Aquaculture (Fish Farming) and Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation", reports Megafishnet.com.
During the fifth month of 2021 Russian fleets operating in the Atlantic Ocean harvested 106,600 tonnes of fish, 5,300 tonnes down on April 2021, reports Megafishnet.com.
In May 2021 Russian fleets continued targeting herring, Northern blue whiting and black halibut in the Norwegian Sea, reports Megafishnet.com.
In May 2021 Russian trawlers were targeting various species at East and West Greenland, NAFO regulatory area and in the Mauritanian EEZ, as well as in South Pacific area, reports Megafishnet.com.
Russian fleets were engaged in Baltic Sea pelagiс fishery as well as bottom trawl fishery for cod and haddock in April 2021, reports Megafishnet.com.
The Russian shipments of live king crab to South Korean ports in April fell even more than those of snow crab versus last year's results, but the prices rose even more significantly. Meanwhile, the deliveries of Norwegian products by air continued to show very strong growth, but their activity was still quite limited, and the price level was also significantly lower than in the case of the Russian exports, reports Megafishnet.com.
Russian exporters say that since early June the Chinese have been refusing to accept seafood products from Russian onshore factories, reports Megafishnet.com.
The Governor of the Tula Region Alexey Dyumin and the CEO of the Dobroflot Group of Companies Alexander Efremov have signed an investment agreement providing for the construction of the Yuzhmorrybflot Logistics Complex in the city of Tula about 180 km south of Moscow, reports Megafishnet.com.
The leading speakers from foreign experts and representatives of international organizations confirmed their participation in the business program of the Global Fishery Forum & Seafood Expo Russia 2021.
Direct Russian seafood exports to China have been plummeting in 2021, reports Megafishnet.com.
In early June the Admiralty Shipyards (St. Petersburg) hosted a ceremony of laying the keel of the fifth of the ten supertrawlers that will be built here for the Russian Fishery Company (RFC), reports Megafishnet.com.
The State Duma has successfully completed the second reading of a bill that will set the same 10% VAT rate for live freshwater trout as already charged on sea trout, reports Megafishent.com.
Owners of a major fishing company operating from Murmansk have embarked on a big RAS project to farm rainbow trout in Karelia province in Northwest Russia, reports Megafishnet.com.
On June 1, the Pacific salmon fishery took off in the Russian Far East. The targeted species will mostly include pink salmon, chum salmon, sockeye and coho as well as less important quantities of chinook and sima, reports Megafishnet.com.