Sergei Blagov

According to the Russian Fish Union, seafood exports to Japan totaled $249 million in January-April, up 2% year on year, while volumes increased 4% to 32,000 metric tons

Experts from Rosselkhozbank have projected that Russian aquaculture production could increase by 300,000 metric tons over the next 10 years

Russia’s largest aquaculture business plans to double annual production of salmonids to 60,000t through investments in its own smolt and aquafeed production facilities

Rosrybolovstvo chief Ilya Shestakov said both countries remain committed to preserving the bilateral fisheries management framework governing shared stocks

According to the federal fisheries agency Rosrybolovstvo, Russia’s total wild catch reached 2.017 million metric tons by June 1

VARPE has said new EU measures to restrict or ban more Russian seafood could have significant consequences for the European processing industry

The move marks a significant extension from previous rules, which required companies to complete crabber construction within five or seven years

By June 21, Russia’s total salmon catch had reached 2,779t, according to the Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography

The Arbitration Court of Moscow has upheld a RUB 2bn penalty imposed by Rosrybolovstvo on Kamchatka-based processor Vityaz-Avto

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