http://megafishnet.com/news/ Fish industry news en SEVERNAYA ZVEZDA LLC, a new resident of the Free Port of Vladivostok (a special investment regime in the Russian Far East), will establish a fish and seafood processing facility in Ussuriysk, Primorsky Region...

]]> Wed, 11 Feb 26 12:16:00 +0400 INARCTICA's biologists monitor the health of fish on sea cage and onshore farms around the clock to ensure that every kilogram of final products is safe and of high quality..

]]> Thu, 25 Dec 25 12:10:00 +0400 In the first half of 2025 Russia’s aquaculture production increased by 3.8% to 217.6 thousand metric tons year-on-year.

]]> Fri, 24 Oct 25 14:50:00 +0400 The total catch of Pacific salmon in the Russian Far East, according to the territorial departments of Rosrybolovstvo, as of September 29, 2025, amounted to 334,424 metric tons.

]]> Tue, 30 Sep 25 15:26:00 +0400 Officially, the Russian salmon season is ending on November 30 in the Southern Kuril Islands, according to VNIRO.

]]> Sat, 30 Nov 24 13:49:00 +0400 At the 54th session of the Mixed Russian-Norwegian Fisheries Commission, the total allowable catch of Northeast Arctic cod in 2025 was reduced by 25%. 

]]> Sat, 02 Nov 24 23:23:00 +0400 By 2030, the volume of export of Russian fish products may grow to $8.85 billion, which is higher than the target of the Ministry of Agriculture of $8.5 billion. 

]]> Fri, 01 Nov 24 20:31:00 +0400 Russian companies will present pollock roe at the China Fisheries & Seafood Expo in late October — early November.

]]> Wed, 30 Oct 24 10:09:00 +0400 On October 14, the All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO) and its Atlantic branch held a video conference between experts from VNIRO and the Institute of Oceanography of Mozambique (OIM) in order to agree on a preliminary program of joint research in the Mozambique zone during the Great African Expedition 2024-2026.

]]> Wed, 16 Oct 24 16:16:00 +0400 Russia’s Pacific salmon catch 2024 is forecasted at ca.250-260 thousand metric tons, according to Ilya Shestakov, head of the Federal Agency for Fisheries (Rosrybolovstvo).

]]> Thu, 12 Sep 24 13:41:00 +0400 Mid-June trend on tilapia market in China 

]]> Tue, 02 Jul 24 05:45:00 +0400 On June 1, salmon fishery took off in the Kamchatka Territory, a leading salmon production region in Russia.

]]> Thu, 06 Jun 24 16:45:00 +0400 PJSC INARСTIСA, the largest Russian company in the commercial aquaculture, announced audited financial results for the year 2023.

]]> Fri, 22 Mar 24 10:20:00 +0400 Laplandia Market, a Finnish hypermarket chain, is considering options for launching its own retail store in St. Petersburg for trading imported products and household goods.

]]> Mon, 29 Jan 24 16:57:00 +0400 Russia on holiday until 9 January 2024.

]]> Wed, 27 Dec 23 15:47:00 +0400 From January 1 to December 15, 2023, exports of fish and seafood from Russia amounted to 2.08 million metric tons, according to the customs statistics and the Rosselkhoznadzor's Argus information system.

]]> Fri, 22 Dec 23 17:11:00 +0400 The Russian Fishery Company team successfully competed in the nationwide final of the Professionals Championship, held from November 24 to 28 in St. Petersburg. RFC sailors participated in the Operation of Water Transport Vessels category among young specialists and secured bronze medals at the Championship.

]]> Fri, 08 Dec 23 16:23:00 +0400 For 10 months of 2023, the import of fish products to the Russian market reached 465 thousand tons worth $ 1.9 billion. In weight, imports are 26% higher year-on-year, and in money — by 15%, according to the Analytical Center of the Fish Union. This dynamic is mainly due to the effect of the low base last spring.

]]> Fri, 24 Nov 23 16:52:00 +0400 The Chinese authorities have allowed the supply of wild fish from Russia.

]]> Fri, 10 Nov 23 17:09:00 +0400 In January-September 2023 Russian finfish and other seafood imports jumped by 36% in value and 48% in volume year-on-year, according to the recent market analysis of Defa group – a fish and seafood supplier based in Saint Petersburg. 

]]> Fri, 27 Oct 23 17:11:00 +0400 China’s General Customs Administration has expanded the list of Russian seafood entities approved for export to the country.

]]> Mon, 23 Oct 23 16:47:00 +0400 By October 3, 2023, the volume of Pacific salmon production in the Russian Far East exceeded 600 thousand metric tons — the catch has already surpassed the results of several recent years.

]]> Fri, 06 Oct 23 17:00:00 +0400 Rosselkhoznadzor and the Main Customs Administration of the People's Republic of China signed a protocol to expand the list of fish products that can be supplied from Russia to China.

]]> Thu, 28 Sep 23 16:33:00 +0400 Russia has noticeably increased supplies of surimi (raw material for crab sticks) to China and South Korea as a result of consumer saving trend. The USA is the leading supplier of surimi to Asia, but lower prices let Russia win some of its competitor’s market share.

]]> Fri, 08 Sep 23 09:32:00 +0400 By August 22, 2023, the Pacific salmon catch in Russia reached 545 thousand tons - 16.4% up on last odd year 2021 and 2.7 times fold on 2022. Last year by August 22 the Russian fishermen harvested 202.6 thousand tonnes of salmon.

]]> Fri, 25 Aug 23 10:36:00 +0400 In January-June 2023 Russian finfish and other seafood imports jumped by 54% year-on-year, both in value and in volume, according to the recent market analysis of Defa group – a fish and seafood supplier based in Saint Petersburg. 

]]> Thu, 20 Jul 23 16:41:00 +0400 All-Russian Association of Fisheries Enterprises, Entrepreneurs and Exporters (VARPE) has completed the analysis of export supplies of Russian fish products in key markets in the first quarter of 2023.

]]> Fri, 07 Jul 23 15:43:00 +0400 By June 21, 2023, the total catch of Pacific salmons in the Far East exceeded 3.6 thousand metric tons, plus 43% on the corresponding result of the odd year 2021.

]]> Thu, 29 Jun 23 10:49:00 +0400 The current condition of the fish stocks make the Russian scientists recommend higher allowable catches of Alaska pollock and herring in the Far East Basin in 2024 — such optimistic forecast was given by Evgeny Ovsyannikov representing the Pacific branch of VNIRO fishery research institute at a scientific and practical forum in Vladivostok.

]]> Fri, 02 Jun 23 16:57:00 +0400 X5 Group, the leading food retail company in Russia, held a meeting with the Fish Union which unites Russian seafood producers and processors.

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