Oyster catch and mariculture production continues to grow in Russia

In the first six months of 2021 in the Far Eastern fisheries basin, the catch of wild oysters more than doubled According to the Federal Agency for Fishery, in the first half of 2021, the volume of oyster cultivation in the Russian Federation increased by 12% compared to the same period last year - up to 4.4 thousand tons. Maricultural enterprises that grow this type of mollusk are concentrated in the Far East. in the Crimea and Krasnodar Territory. The growth of supplies to the domestic market has been observed for more than five years. This trend was formed in the context of import substitution and improvement of the legal and regulatory framework in the field of aquaculture. At the same time, in the first half of the year, the catch of wild ...