Photo: Federal Agency for Fisheries (Rosrybolovstvo)

Russian Fishermen Catch Nearly 260,000 Tons of Aquatic Bioresources Since the Start of 2025

RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Wednesday, January 22, 2025, 00:10 (GMT + 9)

The Federal Agency for Fisheries (Rosrybolovstvo) reports that Russian fishing enterprises have harvested a total of 259,600 tons of aquatic bioresources since the beginning of 2025, as recorded by the agency's industry monitoring system.

Catch Breakdown by Regions:

• Far Eastern Basin: 233,600 tons

  • Pollock: 135,100 tons
  • Cod: 8,500 tons
  • Pacific Herring: 80,300 tons (an increase of 27,600 tons compared to the same period in 2024)

• Northern Basin: 11,600 tons

  • Cod: 7,700 tons
  • Haddock: 2,100 tons

• Western Basin: 2,600 tons (an increase of 45.1% compared to 2024)

  • Sprat: 1,200 tons (up 400 tons from 2024)
  • Baltic Herring: 1,400 tons (up 300 tons from 2024)

• Azov-Black Sea Basin: 2,500 tons

  • Anchovy: 2,300 tons

• Volga-Caspian Basin: 4,100 tons (a threefold increase compared to 2024)

  • Sprat: 4,100 tons (up 2,800 tons from 2024)

Russian fishing vessels operating in international waters transfer their catch to merchant vessels. The photo shows two trawlers transferring their catch to a reefer vessel

Open Waters and Foreign Zones:

In the exclusive economic zones of foreign states, international waters, and the open ocean, the Russian fleet harvested 5,200 tons of aquatic bioresources—marking a 76% increase compared to the same period in 2024.

Source: Federal Agency for Fisheries (Rosrybolovstvo)

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