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Seven trout and one sturgeon production facilities will be built in Mogilev, Belarus, according to a regional program on production of valuable fish species in 2011-2015. Under the same program, regional authorities will support construction of plants for fish processing and production of special combined feeds, reports http://www.megafishnet.com/

The International Fishmeal and Fish Oil Organisation (IFFO) has invited Vladivostok-based Alaska Pollock Fishermen's Association as a leading fishmeal producer in the Russian Far East to become IFFO's member, reports http://www.megafishnet.com/

Russia and Norway continue close cooperation in the sphere of fisheries and will cooperate in raising the level of fish consumption in the both countries, reports http://www.megafishnet.com/

According to provisional figures, the volume of the Russian export of salmon species in January-August 2011 amounted to more than *** MT with the total value exceeding USD *** million, reports http://www.megafishnet.com

In October 2011, when the total salmon catch in the Russian Far East Basin has been approximating a historic record of 2009, prices for Pacific salmons on the Russian market have successfully avoided a shock fall as the fishermen have relied on stable demand and better market expertise, reports http://www.megafishnet.com/

September export from Russian Far East traditionally consists of Alaska pollock (***** MT) and wild salmons (***** MT). Cod, halibut and others are minor items in tonnage.

July 2011 was first of all marked by brisk shipments of frozen salmon, black halibut and Atka mackerel from Russia to Japan, as well as cod and crab imports to China. Besides, observers reported comparably active progressing of seasonal shipments of frozen Pollock roe to South Korea and China, according to the overview prepared by analysts of http://www.megafishnet.com/ based on Japanese, Russian and American sources

White belly flounder (rock sole) and yellow fin sole have emerged this year as new best sellers with Moscow fish processors, according to trading sources in the Capital.

In August, exports of codfish, including clipfish, salted fish and dried cod, totalled NOK 915.7 million, representing an increase of NOK 182 million, or 25%, on August last year, according to figures from the NSEC. Never before has the value of codfish exports been so high, either for the month of August or for the period so far this year. Exports from January until the end of August amounted to a total of NOK 7.3 billion, according to NSEC.

Dedicated press-conference of Chilean Ambassador to Russia scheduled for 12 September current is starting a massive campaign to promote Patagonia Mussel Brand on the nation's seafood market, according to Trade Delegation of Chile in Russia.

In August, the total value of Norway's salmon exports was NOK 2.1 billion. This represents a decrease of NOK 312 million, or 13%, compared with August last year. So far this year, sales have been worth NOK 19.3 billion, representing an increase of NOK 389 million on 2010. France is still the most important market for salmon, with sales worth NOK 315 million in August. Russia is Norway's next largest market, importing for NOK 225 million, according to NSEC.

Before the end of August a third reefer is to leave Kamchatka for St. Petersburg. Meanwhile ETA of tramper «Kommunary Nikolajeva» to St. Petersburg is scheduled for 28 August current, while M/V Kapitan Pryakha is to arrive to the northern capital on September 2, according to http://www.megafishnet.com/

Salmon fisheries as well as Pollock and Pollock roe shipments to Japan, China and Korea have produced the most interesting developments, reports http://www.megafishnet.com/ with reference to Russian, American and Japanese sources.

Buyers of Far-Eastern fish had all been panicking from early August before working solutions started to be made. Last month Primorsky Krai Department (Capital Vladivostok) of Rosselkhoznadzor Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (FSVPS) all at once stopped issuance of HCs for exported fish products. At the same time fish entrance to China without HCs should be impossible, even for tolling, no matter whether it was duly paid for or not.

The reason behind was the Resolution of Antimonopoly Service Department in Primorsky Krai dated July, 14, which forbade FSVPS to ask a "conclusion" of Ussurijsk Interregional Veterinary Lab following a complaint from Russian Pollock exporters. The decision was executed immediately on receiving official copy of the decision. That's why the buyers of cargo in transit that had already left Russia suffered most before online solutions were found out.

FSVPS is absolutely unhappy with Antimonopoly decision. The first thing they've done was an appeal to a court against it. The body is looking for supporters among companies who suffered in this situation. In fact, they took them as hostages and now ask them to write supportive petitions to different authorities. " A la guerre comme a la guerre".

Meanwhile trade has not stopped. Somehow product is being delivered to China and all the necessary documents are produced. It means that whatever happens, people find ways out and the Russian government officers are able to produce temporary crisis solutions while a major one is being sorted out in the court, according to Russian Fish Insider Report published by http://www.megafishnet.com/

As said by Dmitry Dremluga (owner of Dalmoreproduct), one of the biggest saury operators in Russia, import of saury decreased in the second half of 2010, and in 2011 there is real shortage. The earthquake deteriorated the situation, reports http://www.megafishnet.com/

Export from the Russian Far East in August has been following a fairly traditional pattern as it has included such regular commodities as pink salmon, drifter caught chum, sockeye, coho, salmon roe, some crab and naturally Pollock, reports http://www.megafishnet.com/

Murmansk-based fish fillet factories pay more than foreign buyers for Russian-caught haddock while cod catches will continue to be overwhelmingly shipped for export, according to http://www.megafishnet.com/