Ivan Stupachenko

Following the worst salmon season in the last 10 years, Russia’s Federal Agency for Fisheries took little time to roll out an action plan to create a new method for creating a scientific forecast in the wake of poor forecasting for 2020.

The 2020 salmon season in Russia's Far East ended with the total catch below expectations, and the biggest surprise was not the results themselves, but the fact that the forecasts based on previously

The Russian government is considering selling the remainder of the country’s crab quotas via auctions, a follow-up to its controversial decision last year to auction half of its crab-fishing rights. 

Russian Federal Agency for Fisheries Head Ilya Shestakov expressed openness when asked in an interview with the business paper Kommersant whether it’s possible that the remaining 50 percent of crab quotas – currently

China’s recent move to tighten inspections and controls of imported seafood is forcing Russian seafood exporters to begin to look at other markets.

Claiming it has found live coronavirus strains being carried by seafood imports, Chinese Customs has increased its scrutiny of all imported food, resulting in delays in the time it takes for products to get to market. 

China represents the largest market for Russian seafood, accounting for

Russia President Vladimir Putin signed into law the ratification of the  Port State Measures Agreement on 8 December, 2020, thus making Russia a party to the law-binding document intended to help combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) catch. A few amendments to the national legislation will follow to bring Russia’s laws in line with the agreement.

Originally adopted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United

Russian Fishery Company (RFC) gained an intermediate victory in its clash with the Pollock Catchers Association (PCA) – Russia’s Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) client group – over its ouster from the body, as a commercial court imposed restrictive measures on the PCA’s actions prohibiting the association from taking any further steps to implement its decision to expel RFC. 

In the middle of 2020, Gleb

Russia’s salmon fisheries experienced the their worst season in 10 years in 2020, and fisheries scientists are placing the blame on weather anomalies and are calling for new approaches to future season forecasts, potentially including new international cooperation.

Through 2 November, Russia had harvested 299,200 metric tons (MT) of salmon, Russia's Federal Agency for Fisheries reported. That is the lowest total since 2009, and