Land: Russia

The NE Sakhalin Island salmon fishery in Russia is now a proud owner of MSC certification.

Russia’s federal fishery agency Rosrybolovstvo is set to get tougher on fish importers after some serious complaints.

Russian fish consumption is predicted to rise 20 percent in near future and the most demanding species will be herring and Pollock.

Russian government has banned products from three Norwegian salmon producers, confirms a report.

Russian fisheries are flourishing and the growing interest in sustainable product spurs new MSC appointment.

Dr Vassily Spiridonov has joined the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) as its contract representative for the Russian Federation. This new appointment reflects increasing interest from the Russian wild-capture fisheries sector in meeting market demand for independent certification of their products. Based in Moscow, Dr Spiridonov will be working with fisheries managers, fishing and processing companies, scientists and conservation organisations throughout Russia, to help them take part in the MSC certification and ecolabelling program.

Under tremendous pressure Russian government has cut imports and plans to minimize the prices of salmon and pollock.

Ozernaya River sockeye salmon fishery in Russia is all set to get MSC label as it enters MSC full assessment process.

The WWF has welcomed further steps along the road to MSC certification by Russian Alaska pollock catchers, the world’s second largest fishery.

OJSC «Russian Sea Group», one of Russia’s leading consumer food