IN BRIEF - Sea of Okhotsk: pollock and herring catch increased by 4% compared to last year
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Thursday, February 02, 2023
According to the industry monitoring system, by January 31, 2023, the total pollock catch in the Far Eastern Basin reached 222 thousand tons, which is 24.5 thousand tons or 12.4% more than in 2022.
The main catch falls on the Sea of ??Okhotsk, where pollock and herring are actively fished. By January 31, almost 182,000 tons of pollock were harvest, which is 4% higher than last year.
Since the beginning of the year, 49 thousand tons of Pacific herring have been harvested in the Far Eastern Basin, which is 4.3% more than in 2022.
Currently, 93 vessels are operating in the Sea of ??Okhotsk for pollock and herring. Periodically, up to 6 vessels leave Severo-Kurilsk to fish for bottom-food items with pollock by-catch in the Kamchatka-Kuril subzone and in the Northern Kuriles area.
Two receiving and processing vessels and four snurrevods are working on bottom-food facilities off the coast of Western Kamchatka. Pollock catches are still as by-catch. 20 fishing vessels and two floating bases are engaged in the extraction of herring in the North Sea of ??Okhotsk subzone. Specialized pollock trawling in the Sea of ??Okhotsk is carried out by 69 vessels. 14 observers from VNIRO work in the region.
According to the data of the Primorsky Territorial Administration of the Federal Agency for Fishery, the region's refrigerators in sea fishing ports are loaded on average by 42%. There are 27 vessels with fresh catches on board - more than 38.3 thousand tons, including 12 vessels - with 23 thousand tons of pollock and 22 vessels - with 9 thousand tons of herring. Fresh fish products are regularly sent to the domestic market.
Source: United Press Service of the Federal Agency for Fishery
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Source: Industrias Pesqueras | Read the full article here
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Opmega's delegation was led by its president, Ricardo Herbón, who emphasized that the mussel sector—a fundamental pillar of the coastal economy—cannot ignore a project that generates wide social opposition and raises serious doubts about its impact.
“Galicia cannot take risks that endanger strategic natural resources or activities that sustain thousands of direct and indirect jobs,” the organization stated.
Opmega insists that its future depends on the preservation of water quality and the balance of marine ecosystems. Therefore, they consider it crucial to heed the voices of the affected productive sectors and the repeated citizen mobilization.
The organization reaffirms its commitment to the defense of the sea, environmental sustainability, and a development model compatible with traditional activity and the future of the Galician rías.
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RUSSIAN FEDERATION
The main catch falls on the Sea of ??Okhotsk, where pollock and herring are actively fished. By January 31, almost 182,000 tons of pollock were harvest, which is 4% higher than last year.
CHILE
The salmon farming company signed an agreement to use biogenic liquefied gas, reducing CO2 emissions in its logistics operations from the Los Lagos region.
CHINA
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Nordic Aqua 
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International experts in one of the marine economy’s most promising fields gathered in Riga, Latvia last week for AlgaEurope 2025.
PERU
The INEI attributes the 3.62% year-on-year growth in October to the boost from fishing and mining, with a strong rebound in fish processing.
UNITED KINGDOM
Salmon farmers are poised to take advantage of a new free trade deal between the UK and South Korea, which is expected to provide a boost to Scottish exports.
NORWAY
Norwegian research organization SINTEF has released a report finding that nylon aquaculture nets release five times more microplastics than nets made from other materials.
SPAIN
It was a long time coming, but at three in the morning yesterday, the white smoke emerged from the conclave that had brought together the fisheries ministers of the 27 EU member states in Brussels since Thursday. "A very strange time to finish," commented Luis Planas, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, at ten in the morning, when he presented the results to the press of a conclave that lasted longer than expected, but which satisfied the authorities and the Mediterranean fishing sector. Its trawler fleet has been the main focus of "difficult discussions" that concluded with "a positive outcome": an average of 143 fishing days per vessel in 2026, a year in which the European Commission had intended for only 9. .png)
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