Russian fishermen faced El Niño problems while fishing off South America

Published 2024년 5월 16일

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Russian fishermen in the South Pacific Ocean are struggling to catch horse mackerel due to the El Niño phenomenon, which has warmed the waters and disrupted fish concentrations. Despite meeting the 2023 quota and receiving an additional quota from China, the 2024 season has started poorly with no significant fish schools found. However, scientists note that the influence of El Niño is weakening, which may improve fishing conditions for horse mackerel and mackerel later in the year.

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Moscow. 16th of May. INTERFAX.RU - Horse mackerel fishing by Russian fishermen in the South Pacific Ocean is complicated due to the El Niño phenomenon. This was reported by the press service of the Atlantic branch of the All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (AtlantNIRO). “Russian fishermen traditionally catch Peruvian horse mackerel in the South Pacific Ocean near the exclusive economic zones of Peru and Chile. Since 2015, from one to three Russian trawlers have been fishing for it annually. In 2023, the horse mackerel catch quota of 34 thousand tons was mastered completely, and an additional volume of 10 thousand tons was caught, transferred (in the form of a quota - IF) by China. In addition, 17 thousand tons of mackerel were caught as bycatch,” the press release says. Based on the results of fishing and scientific research of biological resources in this area, the Scientific Committee of the international fisheries management organization decided to ...

Source: Interfax