Russia may start fishing for krill in Antarctica no earlier than 2025, reported by the Federal Agency for Fishery

The project of a Russian vessel for catching krill in Antarctica is ready, taking into account the construction, its fishing may begin no earlier than 2025. This was reported to journalists by the head of the Federal Agency for Fishery, Ilya Shestakov. “The timeline, given construction, is probably not earlier than 2025,” he said, answering a question about when the krill fishery in Antarctica could begin. According to him, the design of the krill fishing vessel is ready, it was developed by one of the Russian companies. “They have a suspended situation, they either start construction, or they don’t seem to start, but they will not build at domestic shipyards. First they want to build one ship and then, after some time, start the second,” he said. Thus, according to Shestakov, two Russian vessels should go to catch krill. As for the quotas for the extraction of this type of biological resources, then, according to him, the work is carried out in the CCAMLR zone (Commission for the ...