The Fish Union in Russia commented on the situation with the supply of red fish for sushi

“Firstly, imports of red fish have partially recovered after last year's fall. According to the results of January - July 2023, imports of salmon and trout increased by 12% year-on-year, to 48 thousand tons. The supply of trout from Turkey and salmon from Chile also increased,” the Fish Union noted. They added that the increase in prices for imported fish is also insignificant. Prices for the first 7 months of this year were higher than last year's prices by 7%. “Secondly, aquaculture production of salmon species (trout and salmon) is developing. The weighted average selling price for Murmansk salmon is now 14% lower than a year ago, and is 1.2 thousand rubles per kg,” the union said, adding that over the past 3 months the price has fallen by more than 20%. In addition, the union reminded that now in the Far East there is a harvesting salmon season. To date, about 480 thousand tons of pink salmon, chum salmon and other species of Pacific salmon have already been harvested. “This ...