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Russia: Rosrybolovstvo sees the export potential of aquaculture in the Far East

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Published Dec 24, 2020

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Rosrybolovstvo sees the export potential of aquaculture in the Far East, deputy head of the department Vasily Sokolov said at the DFO-2020 online forum. According to the results of three quarters of 2020, the regional enterprises have grown more than 48 thousand tons of aquatic organisms. As previously reported, the Far East holds the third place among the federal districts in terms of aquaculture production. According to the Federal Agency for Fishery, in the first nine months of this year, enterprises have grown more than 48 thousand tons of aquatic organisms.

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“These are mainly products in the form of mussels, oysters, scallops, sea cucumbers,” said Vasily Sokolov, deputy head of the federal agency. As part of the panel discussion “Made in the Far Eastern Federal District,” he emphasized that it is in the Far East that an export orientation is generally uncharacteristic for domestic aquaculture. “Let's hope that this important area will develop in the future, and even if it does not compete with the catch of wild fish, it will at least make a significant contribution to both filling the domestic market and the export component,” said the deputy head of the Federal Agency for Fishery. The regulator associates the rapid development of the aquaculture sector with the large area of water areas allocated for these purposes in the Far East and the high interest of investors who were ready to invest serious money in this business. At the same time, mariculture farms faced certain administrative barriers, such as requirements for state ...
Source: Fishnet.ru
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