Russia: The Murmansk sea fishing port is being prepared for modernization

“We have a lot of work ahead of us to create a site for a modern logistics and ship repair cluster in the interests of the fishing industry. It is important to maintain sustainable fishing in the Northern Fisheries Basin; this requires comprehensive servicing of vessels on the Russian coast,” said Andrei Yakovlev, deputy head of Rosrybolovstvo, at the beginning of the meeting. The Northern fishery basin is the second largest catch in Russia after the Far East, and is of great importance for saturating the country’s domestic market and developing the export of fish products. In 2022, the all-Russian catch amounted to 4.92 million tons, the fishermen of the Northern Basin produced 527 thousand tons - 11% (by November 14, the all-Russian catch reached 4.8 million tons, the contribution of the fishermen of the Northern Basin was 418 thousand tons). The total cargo turnover of the Murmansk fishing port for 2022 amounted to 319.2 thousand tons, including fish - 232.2 thousand tons ...