Russia: In the Khabarovsk Territory, 28.3 thousand tons of salmon were caught in 2023, an increase of 10% by 2021

Fishing enterprises in the Khabarovsk Territory have increased salmon catch by 10% over two years, to 28.3 thousand tons, according to the website of the regional government. “Fishermen of the Khabarovsk Territory caught more than 28.3 thousand tons of salmon in 2023, which is 10% higher than in 2021,” says the message following the working trip of the head of the Federal Fisheries Agency Ilya Shestakov to Khabarovsk, where he held a meeting on issues development of the fishery complex. In total, according to the latest data, more than 600 thousand tons of Pacific salmon were caught in the Far East in 2023. According to the Fisheries Committee of the regional government, the regional resource base in terms of the development of crab and pollock is increasing in the region, the fishing fleet is being updated, production volumes of sardines and mackerel are growing, and sales markets are expanding. In 2022, record values for the main industry indicators in the modern fishing history ...