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 March and in Moscow this month

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 play an increasingly significant role in Russia's consumer fish market.

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 of foreign companies starting January 1, 2008.

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 Andrei KRAINIY reported it at the meeting with the representatives of fish industry in...

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 fishing.

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 Industry in Russia, he said the fishery sector had paid little attention to the emerging...

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 under the national agricultural development project, according to the Interfax news agenc...

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 Agency for Fisheries (Rosrybolovstvo) has stated.

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 Department.

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 the National Priority Project.

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, according to the Interfax news agency.

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 to the Interfax news agency.