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Russia: Salmon season started in Kamchatka

Salmon
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Russia
Published Jun 2, 2023

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"This year, science predicted high approaches for the Kamchatka Territory - the initial forecast is more than 380,000 tons of all types of salmon. In total, in the Far East, this figure is 512,000 tons, so we will develop about 80 percent of this volume in Kamchatka," he said. Andrey Zdetovetsky, Minister of Fisheries of the Kamchatka Territory.

He noted that the basis of fishery in the region is traditionally pink salmon. It is expected that about 310,000 tons of this fish will be caught on the western and eastern coasts of the peninsula. It is also predicted to catch 28.3 thousand tons of chum salmon, 32.8 thousand tons of sockeye salmon, 7.4 thousand tons of coho salmon, 530 tons of chinook salmon and 10 tons of salmon.

The timing of the start of fishing for different regions of the region varies. So in Olyutorsky it opens from June 5th, in Ust-Kamchatsky - from June 8th, in Karaginsky - from June 15th, in the Ozernaya River basin - from June 20th, and in Ust-Bolsheretsky and Sobolevsky districts you will have to wait until July 11th.

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"This year, science predicted high approaches for the Kamchatka Territory - the initial forecast is more than 380,000 tons of all types of salmon. In total, in the Far East, this figure is 512,000 tons, so we will develop about 80 percent of this volume in Kamchatka," he said. Andrey Zdetovetsky, Minister of Fisheries of the Kamchatka Territory. He noted that the basis of fishery in the region is traditionally pink salmon. It is expected that about 310,000 tons of this fish will be caught on the western and eastern coasts of the peninsula. It is also predicted to catch 28.3 thousand tons of chum salmon, 32.8 thousand tons of sockeye salmon, 7.4 thousand tons of coho salmon, 530 tons of chinook salmon and 10 tons of salmon. The timing of the start of fishing for different ...
Source: RG
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