Russia: Mass planting of scallops and sea cucumbers completed in Primorye; over 11 million released into the sea

This year, the region's marine farmers placed 8.651 million young scallops and 2.459 million young sea cucumbers in sea gardens. These seafood products reach marketable sizes in three to four years of cultivation. Primorye is a key supplier of scallop and sea cucumber aquaculture on both the Russian and international markets. Due to the depletion of natural reserves, the Far Eastern sea cucumber and the Primorsky scallop are considered particularly valuable species and are not ...