The Ministry of Agriculture approved the total permissible catch of aquatic bioresources in the marine areas of Russia for 2025

The order defines the volumes of production by species and zones in fishery basins. The total allowable catch for 2025 is 3.615 million tons, which is 169.5 thousand tons higher than the TAC for the current year. The distribution of production volumes of marine aquatic bioresources by fishing basins is traditionally repeated with minor changes. The Far Eastern fishery basin accounts for the majority of the TAC - 95.7% (3.461 million tons). Other basins account for 4.3%, including the Western - 76.4 thousand tons, the Northern - 56.1 thousand tons, the Volga-Caspian - 21.4 thousand tons, the Azov-Black Sea - 0.0007 thousand tons. In 2025, the TAC of the main commercial fishery in the Far East – pollock – is 165 thousand tons higher than the 2024 figure (2.296 million tons) and amounts to 2.461 million tons – about 68.1% of the total TAC. In addition to pollock, the group of priority commercial fisheries includes Pacific herring – 407.9 thousand tons (11.3%) and cod – 140.6 thousand ...