Russia setting 2023 TACs slightly lower than 2022

The Russian Federal Agency for Fisheries (Rosrybolovstvo) is finalizing the distribution of total allowable catch (TAC) in 2023 for its fisheries, with slightly lower catch limits set compared to 2022.

The overall TAC across all species in 2023 is 3.2 million metric tons (MT), a 3 percent drop compared to 2022, with all key species seeing lower catch volumes.

The biggest decline in TAC is in Russia’s Far East, where almost 75 percent of the country’s catch by volume is landed. The total harvests there will be 3.061 million MT, 3 percent lower than 2022 …

Photo courtesy of the Russian Pollock Catchers Association