The Russian government excluded larvae for eel cultivation from the food embargo

The government has previously withdrawn from the food embargo the planting fish material, which is used in the Russian Federation for the development of aquaculture. Last year, the import of fry of Atlantic salmon (salmon), trout, turbot flounder, common laurel, a hybrid of African catfish was allowed. In particular, as reported, the decision on the African catfish hybrid was aimed at implementing the project of Amurstal-Center LLC to create an innovative fish breeding complex for breeding, producing and processing fish in the area named after. Lazo, Khabarovsk Territory. It is planned to use fry of this particular type of fish as aquaculture. The project implementation period is until 2026. The design capacity is about 10 thousand tons of finished products per year. The food embargo was imposed by presidential decree of August 6, 2014 against countries that have imposed or supported anti-Russian sanctions in connection with the annexation of Crimea. At first, it was valid for ...