SECTOR HIGHLIGHTS
Murmansk fish exporters in suspense over Chinese restrictions
$56 million terminal to lure boats from Norway and Europe back to Murmansk
Draft road map to help reduce fish shipping costs along Northern Sea Route
Kamchatka building infrastructure to ship fish along Northern Sea Route
Russians saving pollock fishery's A season from looming COVID-linked logistics collapse
Chinese authorities closing border for holidays
Stopping frozen fish processing in Dalian paralyzed Russian fish unloading
Russia and China move on COVID-linked fish export complications
Shanghai inviting Russian fishermen to jointly develop the Chinese market
Kamchatka ends year with good modernization record
North-based Fishing Companies getting investment fishing quotas 2021
Russian fishing giants mulling new vessels to tap huge krill resource
Further sector reforms remaining on President’s Administration agenda
Government to tighten control of foreign investors in Russian fishing companies
Winners of crab quota auctions granted allocations for 2021
Russia to test fishing vessels electronic catch data exchange with Norway and the Faroe Islands
Russia to tighten sturgeon caviar traffic legislation
Russian fish and seafood exports to November 2020
Quick start of 2021 fishing season for Russian fishermen
SEAFOOD SUPPLY FROM RUSSIAN FAR EAST
Domestic fish sales picking up in the Russian Far East
A-season of pollock started
Sea of Okhotsk Fishery Coordination Center began to work
Russia boosting recommended catch of Iwashi (Japanese pilchard) and Pacific mackerel
FAF to auction deep water crab shares
PACIFIC MARKETS
Record high Russian exports of live crab to China
South Korea paying more for Russian live king crab
SEAFOOD SUPPLY FROM MURMANSK-LED NORTH FISHERIES
Progress of Russian fisheries in North and Central East Atlantic in early January 2021
Seafood trade in Murmansk recovering after New Year holiday season
Barents Sea catch and quota progress to December 2020
Norwegian Sea catch and quota progress to December 2020
Catch and quota progress in Northeast/Northwest Atlantic and Central East Atlantic to December 2020
Baltic Sea catch and quota progress to December 2020
SEAFOOD IMPORTS AND DOMESTIC MARKET
Saint-Petersburg market resumes trade with good demand for pelagic species
Moscow’s salmonids market balancing prices against demand
Some 60 thousand tons of salmon checked by St. Petersburg vets
Russian fish and seafood imports in January-November 2020
VET UPDATE
Chile and Russia discussing seafood export issues and fishing opportunities
Egypt giving green light to Russian seafood exporters
Russia and Mexico negotiating market access for meat and seafood products
Safety issues slowing down Turkish expansion on Russian fish market
COMPANY UPDATE
Russian Fishery Company reinstated rights to MSC label
Catch of RFC Group hitting 323,000 metric tons in 2020
MSC certificate reconfirmed for Arkhangelsk Trawl Fleet
Vladivostok-based Crab Catchers Association extends activities to Murmansk and goes for MSC certification
SHIPBUILDING, ONSHORE PLANTS AND REFURBISHMENT
World watching massive fleet renewal in Russia for implications
Metal cutting for the fifth Russian Fishery Company supertrawler started
Ten new crabbers to feature SCHOTTEL Controllable Propellers
First crabber launched in Vladivostok
Thailand technicians watch over equipment installation in Russia via Internet
Nevsky Shipyard to built two research vessels
ZVEZDA SHIPYARD to build two research vessels
AQUACULTURE
Success of young Australian red claw crayfish experimental cultivation
Russia’s first shrimp producer expects to export next year
Trout farm in Sochi privatized through auction
Aquaculture production in the Primorye increased by almost 1.7 times
APPENDIX: Fairs and Exhibitions
