Russian fish catch nudges up slightly. The total Russian fish catch as of September 14 amounted to 3,714.93 thousand tons (including in inland water bodies – 51.42 thousand tons), which is 9 , 91 thousand tons or 0.3% more than in 2019.
In the Far Eastern fishery basin, the volume of production amounted to 2 697.43 thousand tons (39.39 thousand tons or 1.48% more than in 2019). In the pollock fishery, the catch amounted to 1,545.02 thousand tons (+68.65 thousand tons), in the cod fishery – 134.84 thousand tons (+14.10 thousand tons), in the herring fishery – 197.83 thousand tons. tons (+24.95 thousand tons).
The volume of production of Pacific salmon amounted to 272.51 thousand tons, which is 354.12 thousand tons or 56.51% less than in 2018, and 182.49 thousand tons or 40.11% less than in 2019.
In the Northern fishery basin, the total volume of production amounted to 373.41 thousand tons, (-15.30 thousand tons or -3.94%). In the cod fishery, the catch amounted to 243.88 thousand tons (-18.15 thousand tons), haddock – 60.08 thousand tons (+5.29 thousand tons).
The volume of production in the Western fishery basin amounted to 60.38 thousand tons (+0.97 thousand tons or + 1.64%). In the sprat fishery, the catch amounted to 37.51 thousand tons (+ 2.65 thousand tons), Baltic herring – 17.18 thousand tons (-0.95 thousand tons).
In the Azov-Black Sea fishery basin, the volume of production amounted to 47.93 thousand tons (-2.36 thousand tons or -4.7%). In the anchovy fishery, the catch amounted to 19.42 thousand tons (+1.74 thousand tons), in the sprat fishery – 18.40 thousand tons, (+0.63 thousand tons), in the tulka fishery – 2.11 thousand tons (-1.04 thousand tons).
In the Volga-Caspian fishery basin, the volume of production amounted to 42.07 thousand tons (+ 2.82 thousand tons, or + 7.18%). The volume of sprat catch is 5.44 thousand tons (+4.93 thousand tons), of partial fish species – 14.95 thousand tons (+1.9 thousand tons). The volume of extraction of freshwater species of aquatic biological resources – 16.05 thousand tons (-0.3 thousand tons).
The total volume of production in the zones of foreign states amounted to 245.6 thousand tons (-3.2 thousand tons), in conventional areas and the open part of the World Ocean – 225.7 thousand tons (-12.4 thousand tons).
Source: United Press Service of the Federal Agency for Fishery