News - page 17
The wholesale prices for pink salmon from Kamchatka and Sakhalin catch have reached the bottom in Vladivostok and bounced back in a jump-style fashion with the situation in Sakhalin fishery behind the expectations of the market players. Also foreign buyers have gone ahead with inspections of salmon in the ports of the Russian Far East, according to http://www.megafishnet.com/
In volume terms, Kamchatka has made the greatest contribution to another record salmon catch emerging at the current season in the Russian Far East. However the market players say that the quality of pink salmon (the most popular product for the Russian market) is best with the fish originating from Sakhalin and Magadan salmon fisheries, according to http://www.megafishnet.com/
In 2011 Russian domestic price for squid product soared up. Why? What are the inputs of domestic production and the role of imported product? What will the situation be in future? Can the problem be solved? The answers to these questions are given by http://www.megafishnet.com/ as perceived by an expert in the trade.
The recent cut of import quota for pork and poultry for 2012 will decrease meat consumption and respectively increase fish market, Timur Mitupov, head of Analysis Centre of Russia's Federal Fisheries Agency's Information Division told http://www.megafishnet.com/
The first shiploads of salmon products from the Russian Far East are on the way to St. Petersburg port (normally Russia's main port of entry for imported fish) via the Northern Sea Route (also known as Northeast Passage) as opposed to the usual practice of shipping from Vladivostok by the railway, according to http://www.megafishnet.com/
In the first six months of 2011 Russia's fresh fish imports as well as imports of fillets from China and Vietnam displayed a considerable increase while frozen fish imports dropped with the trends marked by rising seafood prices, reports http://www.megafishnet.com/ with reference to Analytical Centre of Russia's Federal Fisheries Agency.
The most discussed export item in July was salmon followed by interesting developments in the Pollock market and some news regarding fishmeal, according to Russian Fish Insider Report published by http://www.megafishnet.com/
The salmon season in Alaska has been progressing excitingly and fairly unexpectedly in the current year 2011. Most evidently, the results of sockeye operations will differ very much both from forecasts before the start of the season and expectations in the first half of the season, according to the overview prepared by analysts of http://www.megafishnet.com/ based on Japanese, Russian and American sources as per 13 July 2011.
As per mid-July 2011 first shipments of the projected big salmon catch (from the new season in the Russian Far East) have been bound for Moscow to reach the Russian Capital shortly by the railway, according to the Russian Fish Insider Report published by http://www.megafishnet.com/
The World Food Moscow Exposition and the Fish Union (the Russian newly-born organization uniting importers and other market players advocating development of competition) have organized a round table "Fish and Seafood" to be held on 13 September of 2011 during World Food Moscow, according to the Russian Fish Insider Report published by http://www.megafishnet.com/
The Union's executive director Sergey Gudkov will act as moderator of the discussions to bring together seafood importers and government officials from the Ministry of Agriculture, Federal Fisheries Agency, Federal Customs Service, Federal Anti-Monopoly Service, the veterinary watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor and the consumer health protection service Rospotrebnadzor.