Russia: More than 14% of the pollock quota allocated to Belarus has been used this year

As part of the intergovernmental agreement between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus dated March 13, 2002, on the basis of the Protocol of the twenty-first session of the Russian-Belarusian Mixed Commission in the field of fisheries dated December 14, 2023, Belarus was allocated a quota for pollock production in the Far Eastern fishery basin for 2024 in the exclusive economic zone of Russia. In order to implement intergovernmental agreements, the Primorsky territorial department of Rosrybolovstvo issued six permits to the Belarusian side for 2024 to catch 51 thousand tons of pollock in the Sea of Okhotsk and Bering Sea. The fishery is carried out by a joint Russian-Belarusian enterprise. At the end of February this year, the pollock catch amounted to 7.4 thousand tons, the development of the allocated quota was 14.5%. According to the Center for Fisheries Monitoring and Communication System, subordinate to Rosrybolovstvo, by February 21, 2024, 477 thousand tons of ...