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The Russian Pollock Catchers Association’s Sea of Okhotsk pollock fishery has received Marine Stewardship Council certification for a second time. Again confirmed as sustainable and well-managed, the fishery’s catch can continue to carry the blue MSC label.
The Vympel Shipyard in Russia has laid the keel of its first new trawler, being built for Murmansk fishing company Karelriba.
The port of Vladivostok has increased its throughput of seafood products landed by 29% compared to the same period in 2017, taking the position as Russia’s top fish port as 157,700 tonnes of fish have been transshipped across its quays in the first seven months of this year.
Russian Cod, a joint venture by the Russian Fishery Company (RFC) and the Agama Group, has signed an agreement with the Federal Agency for Fisheries which secures resources alongside the company’s investment in its new processing facility in Murmansk.
Russian company Dobroflot is preparing to build a new processing factory for pollock in the Far East Primorsky Territory, along with a logistics complex and cold store.
The latest in a series of fish shops designed to carry a range of affordable seafood has opened in the Russian port of Murmansk. These outlets in fishing ports are part of an extensive initiative managed by Natural Resources Agency FGUP Natrbresurs, which operates under the Federal Agency for Fisheries.
Icelandic company Skaginn 3X has signed a contract to supply a high-tech processing facility to a company on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East. It will include advanced freezing technology and automated plate freezer systems for both filleted and wholefrozen fish, as well as IQF capacity. The factory is designed so that further expansion at a later date is possible.
The Severnaya (Northern) Shipyard in St Petersburg has celebrated the keel laying of the first of a series of longliners for owners in the Karelia region of Russia. This is the first of two vessels for the Virma fishing company and the handover is in 2020.
PrimKrab, the crab fishing subsidiary of the Russian Fishery Company, has signed an agreement with design company Nautic Rus to develop a design for a new type of crabbing vessel. The new design is to be delivered within two months and a decision on the final design will be made once the project has been approved.
Russian company Dobroflot, which operates its own fishing fleet and canned fish production, has signed an agreement with the international service provider Orange Business Services to equip Dobroflot vessels with an IoT solution for managing fuel consumption and engine operation.