The Federal Agency for Fisheries in Russia reported an increase in fish production in July

Published Jul 26, 2023

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In the Far Eastern fishery basin, the volume of fish production increased by 11.2% to reach 2.2 million tons. This included an increase in pollock mining by 84.6 thousand tons compared to the previous year. In other regions such as the Northern Fishery Basin and the Western Fisheries Basin, the volume of production also saw increases, while in the Volga-Caspian and Azov-Black Sea fishery basins, smaller amounts of fish were caught. Additionally, in foreign exclusive economic zones and the open part of the World Ocean, the Russian fishing fleet caught 287.5 thousand tons of fish, a 1.7% increase from the previous year.

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It is noted that in the Far Eastern fishery basin, the volume of production increased by 11.2% and reached 2.2 million tons. For example, more than 1.4 million tons of pollock were mined, which is 84.6 thousand tons more than in July last year. Herring caught 244.6 thousand tons, flounder - 49.6 thousand tons, cod - 82.3 thousand tons, salmon - 246.2 thousand tons. 292.1 thousand tons of fish were caught in the Northern Fishery Basin, including 177 thousand tons of cod, 49.2 thousand tons of haddock and 23 thousand tons of capelin. In the Western Fisheries Basin, the volume of production reached 55.1 thousand tons, an increase of 9.5%. In the sprat fishery, the catch amounted to 32 thousand tons, Baltic herring - 17.6 thousand tons. In the Volga-Caspian fishery basin, fishermen caught 54.9 thousand tons of fish, 24.8 thousand tons of which are kilka. In the Azov-Black Sea fishery basin, ...

Source: RG