South Kurils area
Russian Pelagic fishing: fishermen are successfully mastering mackerel - the catch has more than doubled
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Friday, October 15, 2021, 07:00 (GMT + 9)
According to the industry monitoring system, the total catch of ivasi sardine, mackerel and saury as of October 12, 2021 amounted to more than 171 thousand tons.
The fishing progress was discussed at a meeting of the headquarters for the seasonal extraction of pelagic fish species in the Far Eastern fishery basin. The meeting took place in the Federal Agency for Fishery on October 12 via videoconference with the Far Eastern territorial departments.
Pesca de sardina Iwashi
The main share of the catch is Iwashi sardine - 131 thousand tons, which is 58 thousand tons less than last year. The volume of mackerel production has more than doubled (by 21 thousand tons) - up to 40 thousand tons. In the Pacific squid fishery, 4.76 thousand tons were catched and almost 450 tons of saury.
Currently, 24 large and medium-sized vessels under the Russian flag are operating in the sardine and mackerel fishery, and another 14 are working on fishing for Pacific squid. There are 3 vessels working in the saury fishery.
En rojo marcada la zona de captura de especies pelágicas y calamar
The sardine and mackerel catch is carried out within the Russian EEZ in the South Kuril Strait, Schikotan and Iturup, a Pacific squid, is harvested in the extreme north of Schikotan Island.
According to the forecast of the Pacific Branch of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution VNIRO (TINRO), good fishing conditions are expected in the coming week. The maximum catch of mackerel is expected in the near future. The most promising areas for searching for mackerel accumulations are located south of the Kuril Islands. Also, the catch of Iwashi sardines is currently increasing. In addition, the fishermen note the good quality and density of the sardine to the south of the island. Iturup.
Source: Press Service of the Federal Agency for Fishery
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