Russia to review international agreements restricting fishing

Published 2024년 11월 7일

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The article highlights the strategic significance of pollock fishing in the Bering Sea for Russia, focusing on efforts to increase the Russian catch quota to one million tons to compete with the U.S. and support domestic processors. In 2023, Russian vessels achieved a record catch of 602 thousand tons, but some enterprises oppose higher quotas due to falling prices, especially in China. By October 2023, over 400 thousand tons had been caught. In 2024, the average catch per vessel decreased, with some fleets moving to the South Kuril subzone for better catches. Despite challenges, forecasts for pollock biomass were accurate, and the fishing situation remains favorable, though the U.S. is monitoring to limit Russian products in global markets.

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One of the agreements that is disadvantageous for the country concerns the catch of pollock, which is allowed in the Bering Sea. The Russian quota was on average about 400 thousand tons, but the government has set the task of increasing the catch in this area to a million tons, thereby ousting the Americans from foreign markets, as well as providing domestic processors with cheap raw materials. Strategic fish Pollock in the Bering Sea is one of the main strategic commercial stocks that allows Russian fishermen to increase overall catch rates, replenish the budget through tax revenues and ensure food security. Thus, scientists from the Pacific branch of the All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO) analyzed the results of the catch by Russian vessels in the West Bering Sea zone in 2023. According to their data, the catch reached its maximum in recent decades at 602 thousand tons, exceeding the 2022 figure by 20 percent (502.3 thousand tons) and the ...

Source: RG