Russia Lowers Pink Salmon Forecast Due to Poor Salmon Survival in Pacific
SEAFOODNEWS.COM by Eugene Gerden March 28, 2016
Russia lowers the forecast for pink salmon this year, but says Atlantic salmon production will resume in the Baltic Sea.
Russia plans to catch 506,000 tons of salmon this year, that will be higher than in 2015, but significantly lower the initially predicted figures of the All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Fisheries.
About 330,000 tons will account for Pacific pink salmon, 50,000 tons for sockeye and 126,000 tons for chum salmon.
In 2015, an off year for pink production, the total salmon catch in Russia amounted to 450,000 tons..
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