Russian fishermen caught more than 3.7 million tons of fish, 12.4% higher than last year

In the Far Eastern fishery basin, the volume of production increased by 17.2% and reached 2.8 million tons. The pollock fishery produced 95.4 thousand tons more – over 1.5 million tons. The herring catch amounted to 263.4 thousand tons, flounder to 56.4 thousand tons. The volume of cod production amounted to 89.9 thousand tons. The salmon catch amounted to 559.5 thousand tons. In the Northern Fisheries Basin, fishermen caught 335.8 thousand tons, including cod - 201.2 thousand tons, haddock - 55.7 thousand tons (+2.6 thousand tons compared to 2022), capelin - 23 thousand tons. In the Western Fisheries Basin, the volume of production increased by 9.3% and reached 57.2 thousand tons. In the sprat fishery, the catch amounted to 32 thousand tons, which is 2.6 thousand tons more, Baltic herring - 19 thousand tons, which is 2.3 thousand tons more than in 2022. In the Volga-Caspian fishery basin, fishermen caught 57.4 thousand tons, which is 15.6% more than in 2022, including sprat - ...