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Catches in the Sea of Okhotsk and Bering Sea

RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 07:00 (GMT + 9)

Situational update as of 03/24/2024

Source: Stockfile FIS

Sea of Okhotsk (pollock)

According to OSM data in the Sea of Okhotsk, pollock catch (industrial and coastal fisheries) as of March 24, 2024, produced 651,219 tons, including Kamchatka users caught 276,608 tons (week +25,761 tons), development - 75.1% of the quota 368,224 tons; compared to 2023 indicators -16,131 tons less (in 2023, the catch was 292,739 tons), including:

• in the North Sea of Okhotsk subzone, the total catch amounted to 211,987 tons, incl. Kamchatka - 77,629 tons;
• 255,530 tons were produced in the Western Kamchatka subzone, Kamchatka - 94,766 tons;
• 174,205 tons were produced in Kamchatka-Kurilskaya, Kamchatka 103,468 tons;
• 9,497 tons were produced in the East Sakhalin subzone; Kamchatka users did not fish.

Source: Stockfile FIS

Kamchatka users also fished the following main types of aquatic biological resources.

Sea of Okhotsk (Pacific herring)

The harvest (catch) of Pacific herring in the North Sea of Okhotsk was carried out by 13 vessels, mastering the quotas of 5 users, the catch amounted to 43,508 tons, compared to the 2023 indicators - more by +27,154 tons (in 2023, the catch was 16,354 tons). In the Western Kamchatka subzone, herring fishing was not carried out (seasonal ban).

Sea of Okhotsk (cod)

In the Sea of Okhotsk (West Kamchatka and Kamchatka-Kuril subzones), since the beginning of the year, 32 vessels have been fishing for cod, catching quotas from 11 users of the Kamchatka Territory, the catch amounted to 4,413 tons, which is +793 tons more than the same indicators in 2023 (in year catch - 3,620 tons).

Bering Sea and Eastern Kamchatka (Pollock)

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Since the beginning of the year, 14 vessels have operated in the West Bering Sea zone under a quota of 2 users, the catch amounted to 12,574 tons (in 2023, the catch was 21,788 tons).

In the Karaginskaya subzone, 29 vessels operated under a quota of 6 users, the catch was 13,438 tons (in 2023, the catch was 5,447 tons).

In the Petropavlovsko-Komandorsky subzone, 59 vessels operated under quotas of 30 users, the catch amounted to 36,863 tons (in 2023, the catch was 27,781 tons).

Karaginsk subzone (Pacific herring)

Herring fishing was carried out by 10 vessels under quotas of 4 users, the catch amounted to 5,845 tons (in 2023, the catch was 3,436 tons).

Bering Sea and Eastern Kamchatka (Cod)

In the West Bering Sea zone, 13 vessels operated under the 1st user quota, the catch amounted to 2,421 tons (in 2023, the catch was 3,099 tons). In the Karaginskaya subzone, 31 vessels operated under quotas of 5 users, the catch amounted to 2,277 tons (in 2023, the catch was 3,893 tons). In Petropavlovsko-Komandorskaya 55 vessels operated in the subzone under quotas of 25 users, the catch was 8,810 tons (in 2023, the catch was 7,808 tons).

Source: Federal Agency for Fisheries (Translated from the original in Russian)

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