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 to the Interfax news agency.

Update on Russian Salmon Imports
RUSSIA - According to trade sources, imports of chilled salmon from Norway dropped by nearly 100 percent during the first half of 2006 due to the Russian ban imposed on January 1, 2006.

Russia to consider aquaculture part of national agro project
RUSSIA - The Russian government in September will consider the possibility of including aquaculture in the priority national project aimed at the development of the country’s agro-industrial complex. In the course of visiting the Okhotsk fish farm...

Russia lifts Norwegian salmon ban at two farms
RUSSIA - Russia has lifted a ban on imports of fresh salmon from two Norwegian fish farms, Norwegian state broadcaster NRK reported on Saturday, citing Kommersant. Moscow banned all imports of fresh salmon on Jan. 1, after health officials said...

Bird Flu Hits Salmon
RUSSIA - Wholesale prices for fish escalated to historical peak by late past week, having climbed up to 100 percent depending on the fish in the past a month and a half. The surge is attributed to the general lack of beef and pork on the market...

Norway's salmon dispute with Russia continues
RUSSIA - A meeting between Norwegian and Russian authorities in Moscow on Feb 13 to settle the dispute over Russia's import ban on Norwegian salmon failed to produce an immediate solution, reported local media.

Ban on Norway fish has nothing to do with politics - minister
RUSSIA - The Russian minister for agriculture said on Thursday that a ban on imports of cooled fish from Norway starting from January 1, 2006 had nothing to do with politics. “Starting from January 1, 2006, we impose a ban on imports of cooled...

Russia stops all import of Norwegian salmon
RUSSIA - Russia is the largest single market for Norwegian fish exports, and also the fastest growing market. The Norwegian Food Inspectorate say they cannot find any basis for the Russian claims, and offer to carry out a joint Russian/Norwegian...

Russia suspends imports from Norwegian fish farms
RUSSIA - Russia’s Rosselkhoznadzor Federal Service for Veterinary and Phitosanitary Inspection has suspended imports from a number of Norwegian fish farms from today, according to Russian news agency Itar-Tass. “After tests of salmon samples...

Provimi strengthens position the Russian feed market
RUSSIA - Provimi, (listed on Euromext in Paris) one of the world leaders in the animal nutrition business, has announced that it acquired 80% of the Russian premix company ZAO Rybflotprom from the Sodrugestvo Group. Provimi Russia and Rybflotprom...

Russia crackdown as food fraud runs rife
RUSSIA - Fake food and drink products in Russia control up to 94 per cent of the market in some sectors and their numbers are rising in others as authorities redouble efforts to fight back, says the country’s consumer agency in a special interview with...

Russia bans fishery imports from Finland, lifts poultry ban
RUSSIA - Russia's Agriculture Ministry announced that it had placed a ban on fishery imports from Finland. The ministry's press service said that the ban is placed on all fish from the water area of the Aland Islands following the emergence and...