Production of fish and shellfish in Russia increased by 6% over 9 months

The production of fish, shellfish and other aquaculture products in Russia in January-September of this year increased by six percent or to 294,200 tons. This was reported by Rosrybolovstvo. The production of salmon increased most noticeably, by 11.4 percent or to 131,300 tons. This happened due to the successful maturation of eggs and their high productivity this year. A slightly smaller increase, by 11 percent, was observed in sturgeon fish, for which normal conditions also existed. 5.2 thousand tons of them were grown. The indicator for seafood increased the least, which included scallops, mussels, oysters and other mollusks and echinoderms - by two percent to 67 thousand tons. The production of carp remained at last year's level of 83,200 tons. Russia has approached another milestone in fish production Among specific districts, the Northwestern Federal District became the leader in the production of commercial aquaculture products due to good water conditions. During the ...