The All-Russian Association of Fishery Industrialists has promised that red caviar will not become much more expensive in 2025

Moscow. December 11. INTERFAX.RU - The situation on the red caviar market in Russia, which worsened in 2024 due to low salmon catches, will normalize in 2025, and there will be no further price increases, German Zverev, president of the All-Russian Association of Fishery Industrialists (VARPE), said at a press conference. "I think that next year the situation will level out, in general there will be no tragedy and no rapid further increase or escalation of prices for red caviar," he said. In 2024, the salmon fishing season, which he called the worst in the last 20 years, affected the situation on the market. By December 3, the catch of Pacific salmon amounted to 235.5 thousand tons, including pink salmon - 136.2 thousand tons, chum salmon - 54.6 thousand tons, sockeye salmon - 35.9 thousand tons. Compared to 2022 (salmon catches are compared between even and odd years), the decline is 13.5%. Compared to 2023, the decline is more significant. Rosrybolovstvo predicts a reduction in ...