Russia is preparing a reform for the salmon market

Priority in the distribution of sites for the extraction of wild salmon will be given to business representatives who develop infrastructure and build fish processing plants A new mechanism for allocating sites for wild salmon fishing will appear in Russia, with priority given to conscientious business representatives who are developing infrastructure and building fish processing plants. The head of the Federal Agency for Fishery, Ilya Shestakov, spoke about this in an interview with RBC. “Treaties that give fishermen the right to harvest salmon in the sea and rivers in the Far East are ending en masse in 2026-2028. We propose to start a discussion about the reform now in order to find ways to resolve some issues. The main thing is that we believe that conscientious fishermen who were engaged in the development of infrastructure and the construction of fish processing plants should keep the plots. And such conscientious users are the majority, I think their contracts will be ...