Russian fish harvest up 1.4% since start of year
MOSCOW. July 12 (Interfax) - Russian fishing outfits have harvested 2.111 million tonnes of fish and other types of seafood year-to-date, 28,800 tonnes or 1.4% more than in the same period last year.
Russian federal fisheries agency Rosrybolovstvo reported that fishermen had caught 1.446 million tonnes in Far Eastern waters - 79,400 tonnes more year-on-year. More than 1 million tonnes of that catch was Alaska pollock, although the harvest of this food species was 27,800 tonnes less than it was for the same period of 2010.
The catch was up 50,300 tonnes at 368,600 tonnes in northern waters, with cod representing 189,900 tonnes of that (27,800 tonnes more year-on-year).
The Baltic Sea produced 23,700 tonnes of fish for Russia (2,500 tonnes less year-on-year). The Baltic herring catch was down 700 tonnes at 5,800 tonnes.
In the Black Sea and Sea of Azov, Russian fishing craft hauled in 17,100 tonnes of fish, 700 tonnes less year-on-year. The Caspian Sea yielded 20,200 tonnes, 200 tonnes more. The Caspian sprats catch totaled 900 tonnes versus 2,100 tonnes a year ago.
Russian fishermen harvested 160,000 tonnes of fish and other seafood in the waters of other countries, 80,300 tonnes fewer year-on-year. The total catch was down 17,500 tonnes at 75,400 tonnes in convention zones and on the open seas.