The share of domestically produced oysters on the Russian market is 60-70%

More than half of the oysters on the Russian market are produced either in the Azov-Black Sea basin or in the Far East. This was announced by the head of Rosrybolovstvo Ilya Shestakov at a round table within the framework of the International Exhibition and Forum "Russia". “Sanctions were introduced, and now 60-70% of oysters on the domestic market are oysters that were produced either in the Azov-Black Sea basin or in the Far East,” he said. Shestakov noted that since 2018, the volume of production of valuable seafood such as clams, urchins, mussels, oysters and scallops has increased 5 times. “Now we produce 84 thousand tons,” said the head of Rosrybolovstvo. “Of course, there are problems in this industry, it is still young for us. They began to engage in this area globally after ...