Russian Fish e-Monthly №7 (201) 16 июля 2021

SECTOR HIGHLIGHTS

• Murmansk fishermen want longer fishing quotas
• FAF working at full vaccination against coronavirus
• NORWEGIAN yard’s reputation loses glitter with Murmansk owners?
• FAF agrees to foreign-built vessels for krill project
• President Putin signed Bill on Inshore Fishery into Law
• Anglers to be allowed to sell catches to commercial fishermen?
• Russia tightens legislation on foreign control in fisheries
• Second stage of crab quota auctions being prepared
• First batch of shrimp from DEFA stocked in St. Petersburg
• Region’s government puts up for sale major Chukotka quota holder
• «A lot of salmon» company launching first own dark kitchen in St. Petersburg
• Major retailer launched centralized production of ready-to-cook foods
• Russian importers to challenge Customs in Supreme Court
• Russia banned import of some seafood products from Ukraine

SEAFOOD SUPPLY FROM RUSSIAN FAR EAST

• Fishing in the Far East in July
• MSC certification to help boost fillet and mince production in Western Bering Sea
• Kamchatka pacific salmon season facing cold storage bottleneck
• Prices for fish products from Russian Far East remained stable in mid-July

PACIFIC MARKETS

• Pollock roe season results
• Surging frozen snow crab exports from Russia to US slowdown in May
• Russian crab shipments to South Korea displaying high value versus falling volume

SEAFOOD SUPPLY FROM MURMANSK-LED NORTH FISHERIES

• Progress of Russian fisheries in the North Atlantic and Central Eastern Atlantic in June 2021

SEAFOOD IMPORTS AND DOMESTIC MARKET

• Faroese mackerel depreciating at St-Petersburg’s wholesale seafood market
• In mid-July 2021 salmon and trout prices in Moscow stay calm
• Domestic whitefish supply from Murmansk still depleted by export shipments

COMPANY UPDATE

• Murman Seafood to boost output of newly-built factory
• Awards for Omega-3 dietary supplement from wild Kamchatka salmon
• New multi-temperature refrigeration complex will run on carbon dioxide
• Big upgrade for Murmansk Fish Port on agenda
• Vladivostok Fish Port boosting revenue

SHIPBUILDING, ONSHORE PLANTS AND REFURBISHMENT

• Overview of construction of new fishing vessels for Russian companies at domestic yards
• Northern Shipyard building 14 fishing vessels
• Eastern Yard preparing to launch second crab boat MKR сделал
• More projects allowed to compete for investment quota shares
• Main engine on newbuilding crabber- live crab carrier
• Newbuilding crabber’s bow section installed in Khabarovsk

AQUACULTURE

• Russian President signs Law on tax exemptions and preferences for aquaculture
• Russian Aquaculture Company to expand and extend $12 million share buyback program
• Russian Aquaculture's Board of Directors re-elected Ilya Sosnov as CEO

APPENDIX 1: Fairs and Exhibitions