Industrial salmon farming is actively developing in Russia

Salmon

Russia

Published Jan 11, 2022

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For five years, the volume of production in this segment has almost tripled According to the head of the Federal Agency for Fishery Ilya Shestakov, Russia is experiencing an explosive growth of industrial salmon farming. Over five years, the volume of production has almost tripled, and the share in the total structure of aquaculture production exceeded 30%, which made it possible to replace a significant part of imports.

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Over five years, the volume of production in this segment has almost tripled According to Ilya Shestakov, head of the Federal Agency for Fishery, there is an explosive growth in industrial salmon farming in Russia. Over five years, the volume of production has almost tripled, and the share in the total structure of aquaculture production exceeded 30%, which made it possible to replace a significant part of imports. The agency expects that in the next few years, the main needs of the Russian market for salmon and trout products will be covered by domestic production. In September 2021, Rosrybolovstvo, the National Association of Industrial Aquaculture Enterprises and AquaMaof Aquaculture Technologies signed a memorandum of cooperation in the field of fish farming development. Starting from 2023, three enterprises for the cultivation of Atlantic salmon (salmon) with a total production volume of up to 10 thousand tons will be sequentially put into operation at full capacity. During ...

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