Russian fishermen caught 3.42 million tons of fish by August 26

"In the Far Eastern basin, there are almost 2.6 million tons, of which pollock is more than 1.5 million tons (+1.3 thousand tons compared to the 2023 level), cod - 86.9 thousand tons, herring - 313.8 thousand tons (+51.4 thousand tons compared to the 2023 level), flounder - 51.6 thousand tons, sardine Iwashi - 164.6 thousand tons (in the Russian EEZ)," the report says. In the Northern basin, production was recorded at 344 thousand tons (+3.1%), of which cod - 183.7 thousand tons, haddock - 41.9 thousand tons, capelin - 51.7 thousand tons (+28.6 thousand tons compared to the 2023 level). In the Western basin, the catch volume reached more than 54 thousand tons, including 30.4 thousand tons of sprat, 18.2 thousand tons of Baltic herring. Almost 50 thousand tons of fish were caught in the Volga-Caspian basin, including 20.5 thousand tons of sprat, 11.3 thousand tons of ordinary fish. The Azov-Black Sea basin - 22.2 thousand ...