Chairman of the Fish Union Panin told what kind of fish will be scarce by the end of the year in Russia

This year, as of mid-December, fishermen have already caught more than 4.7 million tons. By the end of the year, we will be very close to 5 million tons. This is slightly below the planned figures (5.322 million tons), but the deviation is not critical, Panin believes. According to his assessment, the situation is good in the pollock, ivasi, squid, herring and flounder fisheries, but the catch of salmon, cod, haddock and halibut is decreasing. The pollock catch has already amounted to more than 1.9 million tons - this is slightly more than last year. The ivasi catch is breaking records: more than 570 thousand tons have been caught (18% more than last year), by the end of the year, it will most likely be above 600 thousand tons. "Thus, ivasi is taking a clear second place in terms of catch volume in Russian fishing," Panin calculates. More than 110 thousand tons of Far Eastern squid were caught - this is almost 1.7 times more than in 2022, and 27% more than in 2023. The catch of ...