Russia's wild salmon production exceeds 335,000 tons, with Alaska, USA, seeing nearly a 90% increase.

According to a joint report by the Russian Fisheries Agency (Rosrybolovstvo) and the All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO), the total catch of wild Pacific salmon in Russia is expected to exceed 335,000 tons in 2025, an increase of 102,500 tons from 2024, representing a year-on-year growth of about 44%. This output far exceeds that of the United States and Japan, continuing to maintain the global top position. The Kamchatka Peninsula remains the core of Russia's salmon fishing, contributing more than three-quarters of the total output. VNIRO noted that this year's high yield is mainly due to the large-scale migration of pink salmon (oncorhynchus gorbuscha) in the Primorsky sub-region, an abundance of chum salmon (oncorhynchus keta) along the East Kamchatka coast, and a stable population of sockeye salmon (oncorhynchus nerka) in the Ozerny region. In terms of species composition, pink salmon accounts for 66.4% of the yield, chum salmon for about 18%, ...