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Russian Fishing Yields Reach 3.6 Million Tons; Pelagic Catch Surges

RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Friday, September 13, 2024, 06:00 (GMT + 9)

According to data from the Federal Agency for Fisheries, Russian fishers have harvested nearly 3.6 million tons of aquatic bioresources as of September 10, 2024.

• Far East Basin: 2.7 million tons
• Northern Basin: 352.7 thousand tons (+0.5% compared to 2023)
• Western Basin: 54.8 thousand tons
• Azov-Black Sea Basin: 23.5 thousand tons
• Volga-Caspian Basin: 49.8 thousand tons
• Foreign Exclusive Economic Zones and International Waters: 355.6 thousand tons

Freshly caught seafood is prioritized for the domestic market.

Pelagic Fishing Up 1.4 Times from 2023

The Federal Agency for Fisheries recently convened a working group meeting to discuss pelagic fishing activities in the Far Eastern basin. The total pelagic catch stands at 216.8 thousand tons, a 1.4-fold increase over 2023.

• Iwashi Sardine: 214.9 thousand tons
• Mackerel: 1.8 thousand tons

The majority of the catch (204.4 thousand tons or 94.5%) was within Russia's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), with an additional 11.8 thousand tons (5.5%) from international waters.

Following the meeting, Deputy Director of the Federal Agency for Fisheries, Vasily Sokolov, instructed the Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO) to develop a long-term forecast to maintain high sardine catches and predict the potential arrival of saury in Russian waters.

Source: Federal Agency for Fisheries (Rosrybolovstvo)

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