Russian Federation Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District Yuri Trutnev has pledged to double the Sakhalin Region’s seafood processing capacity in the next five years.
The Sakhalin Region, located in Russia’s Far East, was responsible for 774,700 metric tons (MT) of Russia’s fish and seafood catch in 2023 – or roughly 15 percent of the country’s catch. That catch was turned into 460,000 MT of fish and seafood products worth over RUB 82 billion (USD 916 million, EUR 840 million), or 86.5 percent of the total value of food products produced in the region.
Trutnev said the move will further ...
