Land: Russia

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

Bidvest, the diversified industrial company, has announced the acquisition of 100 percent of the share capital of Seafood Holdings Limited.

Norway should apologise for false accusation of Vladimir Timofeev crew, says Russian fishermen.

Murmansk fishermen withdraw their application not to ratify sea delimitation agreement, says a report.

The Sakhalin Salmon Initiative Center and the Sakhalin Regional Fisheries Association have entered salmon fisheries for final assessment of MSC.

In the first ten months of 2010 Murmansk fishermen increase their catch of aquatic biological resources.