Russian production of commercial aquaculture has doubled over 10 years, it is important that there is progressive dynamics

Aquaculture, as the head of the department noted, is the second important component of the fishing industry. “Recently, we have also managed to make quite a big leap here. Aquaculture production has more than doubled over the past 10 years. The dynamics of annual growth is up to 10%,” said Ilya Shestakov. In Russia, aquaculture production has reached 400 thousand tons, this is a small volume compared to other countries and to the overall Russian catch of wild fish. At the same time, progressive dynamics are very important to achieve the production target by 2030 - 600 thousand tons. According to the head of Rosrybolovstvo, the direction is interesting, both from the point of view of the possibilities of adaptation and cultivation of new types of aquatic biological resources, and from the point of view of maximum accessibility to the buyer - where it is grown, it is consumed there. “Such products can be, as they say, “sold on wheels.” At the same time, the delivery of fish, for ...