In the January-February period, fish and seafood catch in Russia increased by 9% compared to last year and exceeded 1 million tons. In this respect reported On the website of Rosrybolovstvo.
It was observed that the growth in the indicator was largely due to Far Eastern fishermen. In the first two months of the year, production volume in this region increased by 15% to 864 thousand tons.
Other regions also show good dynamics. During this period, the amount caught in the northern basin increased by 6% to 84 thousand tons, and in the Azov-Black Sea region increased by 21% to 8.8 thousand tons.
Experts say that the main problem of local fishermen is the sale of goods. Small businesses are forced to manually search for buyers, negatively impacting their revenue.
Russia in March tore There are agreements with England on fishing. The agreements have been in force since 1956.
Europe before It turned out to be on the brink of food crisis.