Russia Proposes Controversial Plan to Lift Trawling Ban to Raise Crab Catch 27% by 2018
SEAFOODNEWS.COM by Eugene Gerden - June 28, 2016
Russia announced a controversial plan to lift a ban on trawling in order to raise its crab catch to 72,000 metric tons a year by 2018
According to a proposed plan by Russian fishery officials with Rosrybolovstvo, the production of red king crab in Kamchatka by 2018 should be increased four times, compared to the current figures to 20,000 metric tons. At the same time the overall crab catch in Russia during the next two years would increase from 56,000 to 72,000 metric tons per year...
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