For the first time in three years, Japanese fishermen received a salmon fishing quota in the Russian exclusive economic zone

Representatives of the Russian Federation and Japan, for the first time in three years, negotiated salmon fishing quotas for Japanese fishermen in the Russian exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and agreed on their volumes. This was reported by the Japanese Fisheries Administration. "From May 30 to June 3, an online conference was held on the issues of catching Russian salmon and trout by Japanese fishing vessels in 2024 in the 200-mile zone of the Russian Federation. As a result, an agreement was reached on fishing quotas for the current year. In 2022 and 2023 negotiations on this topic, as well as the corresponding fishery, were not held,” the department said in a statement. According to the agreement reached, Japanese fishermen will be able to catch 125 tons of fish in the exclusive economic zone of the Russian Federation, including 10 tons of sockeye salmon, 90 tons of pink salmon and 20 tons of chum salmon. The fishing fee will be 25 million yen (about $160 thousand). Tokyo and ...