According to Rossrybolovstvo, by the end of 2026, Russia may update its record for pollock catch.

In January-February of this year, the export of this fish from the country in value terms increased by 38%. Pollock Russia may update last year's record for pollock catch by the end of 2026, Ilya Shestatov, head of the Federal Agency for Fisheries, said on the eve of an extended meeting of the agency's collegium. "This year we can expect a record pollock catch because the volume of catch quotas remained at last year's level, even slightly more," he said. In 2025, the pollock catch in Russia reached a record 2.2 million tons. According to the Federal Center "Agroexport", in January-February of this year Russia increased pollock exports in value terms by 38%, in physical terms by 16%, to 140 thousand tons for 229 million dollars. Of this, frozen pollock exports amounted to about 114 thousand tons, frozen pollock fillets to more than 13 thousand tons, pollock meat (including minced meat) to about 13 thousand tons. It is noted that the main destination for Russian pollock exports is ...