The situation with fish import substitution remains problematic in the Russian Federation

Published 2024년 11월 6일

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The article highlights the difficulties the Russian restaurant industry faces in fully substituting imported fish, especially salmon, with local alternatives. Restaurateur Sergei Mironov points out that while Russia produces aquaculture salmon in Murmansk, the young or fertilized eggs are imported from countries unfriendly to Russia, raising health concerns due to genetic modification and chemical treatments. Mironov suggests using locally caught fish from regions like Kamchatka as a replacement and notes that domestic meat production is sufficient, reducing the need for imports. He emphasizes the necessity of a special program to prevent high-quality fish from being exported, which forces Russian restaurants to depend on imports.

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A complete refusal to import fish to the Russian Federation has not been achieved. This was stated to TASS by the public representative in the restaurant business of Moscow, restaurateur Sergei Mironov. "The most common fish in the restaurant business is salmon. What used to be called Norwegian salmon is now called Faroese salmon, Chilean salmon or Murmansk salmon. It is produced in Murmansk, this is aquaculture, but we must understand that this salmon is all aquaculture, only countries unfriendly to us have the young of this salmon or fertilized eggs," the restaurateur said. According to the agency's interlocutor, another problem is that imported salmon is very harmful. "Like any aquaculture, it is grown in pens so that parasites do not settle on it: these are nitrates, pesticides in the water, antibiotics, if the fish is sick, these are compound feeds, plus this is genetically modified fish," he explained. "Why can't we grow this fish in Murmansk today? This fish was made ...

Source: Kvedomosti