Sergei Blagov

Russian seafood exports to China have reached $2.06bn across January-May, up 53% y-o-y, while the reverse flow — chiefly mackerel and saury — has also grown 7% in value

By June 28, Russia’s total wild salmon catch had reached 3,788t — though the pink salmon catch was up some 600% from the same stage of 2025

By the end of June, Russia’s total landings were 2.33m metric tons; the Far East accounted for 1.84m, including 1.25m of pollock, 311,700t of Pacific herring and 72,300t of Pacific cod

The update points to another delayed start to Russia’s Pacific sardine season; by mid-June 2025, sardine catches had reached around 40,000t

By July 6, Russia’s total wild salmon catch had reached 7,823 metric tons, according to the Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography

Rosrybolovstvo has transferred the company’s quotas to JSC North Kuril Seiner Fleet Base, including 22% of the cod quota and 24% of the scallop quota in the North Kuril subzone

VARPE said Russia has a good chance of surpassing last year’s record herring catch of 677,000 metric tons, with the increase expected to come primarily from the Far East

In January-June, output from pollock processing facilities, primarily onboard fishing vessels, totaled 663,500 metric tons, down 1.8% year-on-year

By July 13, Russia’s total wild salmon catch had reached 18,080 metric tons, down 37% compared with the same point in both 2025 and 2024

Strong catches are expected in the West Bering Sea zone and the East Sakhalin subzone, TINRO said