Russia: Fishermen suffered losses due to unsuccessful fishing season in the Far Eastern Federal District

Prices for red caviar this fall in Russia soared by almost a third, experts expect a further rise in prices for this product by the New Year. Fish is also becoming more expensive - the whole point is in the extremely unsuccessful fishing season in the Far East this year. In the meantime, buyers are assessing whether they will be able to afford spending on such products, fishermen and transport organizations are already reporting financial losses. It is hardly worth waiting for an improvement in the situation - scientists warn that the time of record-breaking Putin is passing. According to Rosrybolovstvo, the catch of Pacific salmon this season amounted to about 300 thousand tons (in just 11 months of 2020, 3.3 million tons of various biological resources were harvested in the Far Eastern fishery basin). This is the smallest catch in the last 11 years. Moreover, compared to the result two years ago, it is 56% lower. The indicators of the red fish fishery are traditionally compared ...