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Russian pelagic vessels have caught as much Barents Sea capelin this season as they had during the last season in 2015, as there was no fishery in 2016 and 2017, and the prospects are looking good for the continuing season.
The Vostok-1 Fishing Collective Farm has taken delivery of a modernised fishing vessel to develop fishing for crab in deeper waters in the Sea of Japan. Vostok-1 was a pioneer of this fishery in the early 2000s when there was little interest in catching crabs, and has made a success of its tenacity in sticking with the crab fishery over the years.
Russian’s Barents Sea red king crab fishery in the Barents Sea has become the first king crab fishery in the world to achieve MSC certification as a sustainable and well-managed fishery. The certification was awarded by independent certifier Acoura Marine following a detailed assessment.
The Commission responsible for selecting projects under Russia’s investment quotas scheme has approved 56 out of the 68 applications received. 33 new fishing vessels and 23 new fish processing plants are to be built under the investment quotas framework.
Icelandic companies Skaginn 3X, Frost and Rafeyri have signed a contract to supply a high-tech pelagic processing plant to a customer in the Russian Far East. The factory in the Kuril Islands will be fitted out to grade, pack and freeze 900 tonnes of pelagic fish per day.
Icelandic naval architect Nautic is the first overseas company to establish itself on the Russian market for vessel design with the acquisition of a controlling shareholding in St. Petersburg company LLC Shiptech Engineering.
The Russian fleet’s capelin catch has reached more than 6000 tonnes, according to Petr Savchuk, deputy head of the Federal Fisheries Agency.
While the capelin fishery around Iceland currently in limbo while the Icelandic fleet waits for the results of the stock survey this week, Norwegian vessels have taken their first capelin of the year in Icelandic waters, and Russian vessels have taken some early catches of capelin in the Barents Sea.
At the end of last year the Russian Fishery Company (RFC) added a trawler to its fleet and put it through a refit before sending it to sea for the first time for its new owners.
Norwegian naval architect Skipsteknisk has contracted to develop a series of crab catchers for one of the largest Russian companies specialising in this fishery, with quotas for king crab and snow crab.