Russian officials say fishing companies have slashed salmon exports to help buoy domestic supplies
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Itar-Tass] August 19, 2014
Russian fishing companies have voluntarily cut exports to increase domestic market supplies amid Russia’s ban on food imports from western countries, Federal Fisheries Agency head Ilya Shestakov said on Tuesday.
"Russian fishermen have showed consciousness as they have exported only 650 tons of red salmon out of 200,000 tons of their catches this fishing season. This means that fishermen have heard us," Shestakov said in an interview with Rossiya-24 round-the-clock TV Channel.
Fishermen from the Russian Far East earlier supplied their fish catches to external markets. Russia’s Federal Fisheries Agency earlier reported that most of Russian fish catches were sold abroad and domestic fishing vessels were unloaded in Japan, China and other countries...
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