Russia Changes Import Conditions
RUSSIAN FEDERATION - The Russian veterinary and food safety authorities, Rosselkhoznador, have changed the import and export conditions surrounding fish products...

First MSC-Certified Facility in Russia
RUSSIA - The Iturup Island pink and chum salmon fisheries today have become the first in Russia to achieve Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification for sustainable...

AgroFarm Shows Highly Satisfactory Results
RUSSIA - More than 8,000 expert visitors from all regions in Russia attended the AgroFarm exhibitionin Moscow in May. The exhibition grew by around five per...

Russia Takes Steps to Increase Fishery Efficiency
RUSSIA - The Russian Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov recently met with representatives of the Russian fishery industry to discuss anti-crisis proposals as well...

Nofima Look at Food Habits in Economic Change
RUSSIA - This project aimed to find out if food choices change in countries with transitional economies. Russia is one such country and it has been used as a case...

Black Market of Salmon in Kamchatka Peninsula
RUSSIA - Villagers in the Kamchatka peninsula are reliant on poaching salmon as almost their sole source of income, according to a new report launched today by WWF-Russia...

Russia Steps Up EU Fish Restrictions
RUSSIA - Russian authorities are introducing stricter regulations on fish imports from the European Union.

Farmed Fish Breathe New Life into Lake
RUSSIA - A Siberian lake that had been hit by overfishing has been rescued through fish farming.

Agriculture Ministry Changes in Putin's Government
RUSSIA - The agricultural and food portfolio in Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's new Russian government is held by one of two first deputy prime ministers, Viktor...

Russia Reduces Salmon Quota for Japan
RUSSIA - Russia has reduced its quota for Japanese salmon. The decision was made following the Russian-Japanese intergovernmental consultations held in Tokyo in...

Russia Increases Fish Catch
RUSSIA - The Russian fishing industry has seen an increase in its catch of 5.8 per cent in the first quarter of the year.

Russian Authorities Reorganise in Novosibirsk
RUSSIA - The Russian authorities have welcomed a shake-up in the control and administration of the fish industry in the Novosibirsk region.

Trout Prospects Tremendous
RUSSIA - Analysts investigating the dynamics and growth rates of aquaculture development in Karelia, says that it is safe to assume that home-produced trout will...

Russia Imposes Fish Import Restrictions
RUSSIA - Russia's Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Control (Rosselkhoznadzor) decided to impose temporary restrictions on fish imports from a number...

Russian Fisheries Companies Get Opportunity to Take Credits for Production Development
RUSSIA - From January 1st of 2008 Russian fisheries companies will get an opportunity to take credits for development of their production. The Head of Rosrybolovstvo...

International Conference of Fishermen Opens in Vladivostok
RUSSIA - Participants of the Second International conference of fishermen, which opened yesterday in Vladivostok, will plan ways of further development of fishi...

Putin pushes for fish-farming
RUSSIA - Russian President Vladimir Putin is calling for the development of aquaculture. Speaking at the State Council Presidium on Effective Management of the Fishing...

First-Half Loans To Fish Farms.
RUSSIA - Russia's Agriculture Ministry reports that RUR1.1 billion (USD39.2 million) in loans was given to fish farms in Russia in the first half of this year...

Russia to double per capita fish consumption
MURMANSK - Russia is planning to double the average per capita consumption of fish products within the coming five to six years Andrei Krainy, head of the Federal...

Fish Farmers Unite in Primorye
RUSSIA - On August 8, 6 companies engaged in aqua farming were accepted to the Primorsky Territory Fishermen Kolkhoz Union.

Karelians fear WTO membership
RUSSIA - Russia’s entry into the World Trade Organisation will have negative effects on a number of industries in the Republic of Karelia, says its regional Economics...

Aquaculture is Part of National Priority Project
RUSSIA - As reported in GAIN Report RS-7004, as part of the Russian government's effort to spur overall growth in the fishery sector, aquaculture was included in...

Aquaculture Added to Russian Development Programme
RUSSIA - Russia’s First Deputy Prime Minister, Dmitry Medvedev, has announced that aquaculture will be added to Russia’s national agricultural development project,...

Russia To Hold Fish Farm Inspections
RUSSIA - Russia’s Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Control Service says that Russian inspectors will shortly inspect fish farms in Iceland and Vietnam, according...

Russia Builds Sturgeon and Salmon Farm
RUSSIA - A new fish farm is currently under construction in the Khanty-Mansiisk Autonomous District at a cost of around RUR980 million (USD37 million), according...