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EU imposes sanctions on Major Russian whitefish companies. The Council has also broadened the scope to allow the EU to target tangible assets linked to Russia’s destabilising activities. The European Commission has announced […]
Russian fishermen continue to increase their total catch of fish and seafood. According to the industry monitoring system of Rosrybolovstvo (Federal Agency for Fishery), by April 16 this year, production […]
Alaska pollock sector praises closure of Russian export loophole. Wild Alaska Pollock industry leaders are united in thanks and praise for the Biden Administration, as well as Alaska Senators Lisa […]
Faroe Islands to extend existing port ban for Russian vessels. The Government of the Faroe Islands will impose further restrictive measures against Russia by considerably limiting port access for Russian […]
Environment Agency warns of threat of Prussian carp and other non-native species in UK waters. Environment Agency’s National Fisheries Laboratory carries out crucial work to curb threats from Prussian carp […]
Russian surimi production triples The volume of surimi production in Russia has tripled this year. This is the raw material that is used in the production of crab sticks. This […]
Disturbances in the market of fisheries and aquaculture products due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Introduction On 24 February 2022, following a large-scale military build-up, Russia launched an invasion […]
Shortlist of five potential buyers for Viciunai Group’s Russian operation. Lithuainian based seafood processor Viciunai Group has narrowed down the list of buyers for its Russian operation down to five […]
A Shetland pelagic fisherman has written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson calling for the UK to take action over Russian midwater freezer trawlers fishing for blue whiting in the UK’s […]
Viciunai Group winding down its Russian operations. Sarunas Matijosaitis, the Head of Viciunai Group, says the termination of business in Russia, the negotiation of agreements with business partners from Western […]
Russian fish production increases in first two months of the year. The production of fish and processed fish products in Russia in January-February this year increased by 12.6 thousand tons […]
ICES suspends Russian participation due to Ukraine war. The Council of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has placed a temporary suspension of Russian participation in […]
Russian Fishery Company goes on with fleet renovation. Russian Fishery Company pulled the f/v ‘Pavel Panin’ out of operation. The vessel was decommissioned within the RFC’s fleet renovation programme. Retired […]
Fish Health Inspectorate seize Prussian carp. 4000 live invasive Prussian carp were seized last month by the UK’s Fish Health Inspectorate (FHI), during a successful enforcement operation at the Port […]
New director general for Russian Fishery Company. Olga Naumova takes up the position of General Director of the Russian Fishery Company starting from January 18, 2022. Viktor Litvinenko, who previously […]
Carsoe solidifies Russian breakthrough with new giant order. Danish company Carsoe has previously won an 800m DKK order for seven fully equipped onboard fish processing plants delivered to the shipping […]
First stage of factory sea trials of head Russian supertrawler completed. At the Admiralty shipyards (St. Petersburg), the first stage of factory sea trials of the large freezer fishing trawler […]
Sea trials start for Russian Fishery Company’s lead supertrawler. Sea trials of the ‘Kapitan Vdovichenko’, the first vessel in a series of supertrawlers to be built in Russia for the […]
Russian salmon production soars. At the end of 9 months of 2021, commercial cultivation of salmon species reached 120 thousand tons, which is 29% more than in the same period […]
New Russian development for closed aquaculture. Scientists from the Don State Technical University (DSTU) in Russia have proposed a special bacterial complex that will allow fish and other aquatic organisms […]
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