Demand for pollock caviar in the Russian Federation is limited; it is mainly an export product

The demand for pollock caviar on the Russian market is limited; it is primarily an export product. Alexey Buglak, President of the Association of Pollock Harvesters, told TASS about this on the sidelines of the VI International Fishery Forum. “Pollock caviar is primarily an export product, because the demand for it in the domestic market is limited. This is probably another task that we will need to solve in the future as part of the program to promote the Far Eastern Pollock brand,” Buglak said. He noted that the demand for pollock caviar on the Russian market has always been low, including due to the culture of consumption. “We have developed a culture of consumption of red salmon caviar. Pollock caviar is highly valued in Asian markets, in Japan, especially in Korea, but on the Russian market the demand is low,” Buglak said. He also recalled that pollock caviar is produced in one season - from February to April. The production volume this year was about 33 thousand tons. The VI ...