Russia: Kaliningrad companies increased fish catches outside Russian waters by 4% in 2023

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Published Jan 31, 2024

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In 2023, fishing companies in the Kaliningrad region saw a 4% increase in their catch from the previous year, totaling 165,213 thousand tons. The main species caught were mackerel, blue whiting, Atlantic herring, beaked perch, capelin, cod, and haddock. Notably, the total catch in the Barents Sea increased sixfold, and in the open part of the Norwegian Sea, it increased by 13%. Overall, Russia recorded a 30-year high in total fish catch in 2023, with over 5.3 million tons of fish caught.

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Moscow. January 30. INTERFAX.RU - Fishing companies in the Kaliningrad region in 2023 increased their catch in the exclusive economic zones of foreign states, conventional areas and the open part of the World Ocean by 4% compared to the previous year - to 165,213 thousand tons, the regional Fisheries Agency reported. It is noted that the main fishing objects were mackerel, blue whiting, Atlantic herring, beaked perch, capelin, cod and haddock. The mackerel catch increased by 11% to 59.480 thousand tons, whiting by 9% to 50.372 thousand tons, capelin - by 42% to 5.575 thousand tons, cod - by 46% to 5.256 thousand tons, haddock - by 53% to 1.607 thousand tons. In the NEAFC zone (regulatory area of the Northeast Atlantic Fisheries Commission), Kaliningrad fishermen have almost completely mastered the quotas for catching redfish (by 96%) and Atlantic herring (by 99%). The total catch in the Barents Sea increased 6 times - to 9.936 thousand tons, in the open part of the Norwegian Sea ...

Source: Interfax