ANNONCER
Icelandic fishing gear supplier and manufacturer Hampiðjan has established itself with a sales office in Murmansk, with Sergei Kiselev appointed to manage sales of fishing gear from Hampiðjan and other companies within the group to Russian fishing companies, as well as handling servicing.
A Murmansk trawler has switched to using a pair of Polar Fishing Gear’s Hercules trawl doors with good results.
Contracts for new fishing vessels have been announced in Russia as fishing companies set their sights on new quotas only allocated on the basis of investment in fleet modernisation.
The Vyborg Shipyard, located north of St Petersburg, has contracted to build four ST-116XL trawlers for Arkhangelsk Trawl Fleet.
The Russian VA-Delta Western Kamchatka salmon fishery has been certified to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Fisheries Standard. The certification validates efforts by the remote fishery to ensure the long term sustainability of Pacific salmon, according to the Marine Stewardship Council.
Korean company Korea Trading & Industries Co has signed an agreement with Kamchatka-based company Gorod 415 for the construction of an onshore fish processing and can production factory.
The second Eastern Economic Forum (EFF) is being held in Vladivostok today and tomorrow (2nd-3rd Sept).
Kaliningrad trawl manufacturer Fishering Service is busy with a steady steam of orders for its pelagic trawl gear.
Construction is now in progress of six new multi-purpose fishing vessels at the Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad for a customer in the Russian Far East.
Kaliningrad fishing gear supplier Fishering Service has supplied an Atlantica 1460 pelagic trawl in a combination of hexagonal and diamond meshes to a Russian RSW trawler, one of only a few RSW-equipped pelagic vessels operating in the region.