Russia

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has confirmed that it has placed a temporary suspension on Russian participation in its activities.

1st April 2022

ICES suspends Russia

1st April 2022

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

New crisis measures to support the fishery and aquaculture sectors in the context of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have been introduced by the European Commission.

30th March 2022

EU activates crisis measures

30th March 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Russian whitefish features among £900 million worth of key products that the UK government has placed significantly higher import tariffs on in addition to existing tariffs as part of its response to…

15th March 2022

UK sanctions Russian fish

15th March 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

US President Joe Biden has announced that in response to the invasion of Ukraine, the United States’ trade status with Russia has been significantly downgraded and that imports of Russian seafood and…

14th March 2022

Biden bans Russian seafood

14th March 2022

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

SHV and Nutreco, the respective owner and sister company of global aquaculture feed company Skretting, have advised that no new investments, no new projects and no new exports to Russia will be…

7th March 2022

Aquafeed conflict response

7th March 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Aquafeed giant BioMar Group has ceased all commercial trade activities within Russia in response to the Ukraine invasion.

7th March 2022

BioMar: No Russia trade

7th March 2022

NEW HORIZONS

NEW HORIZONS

Russia has targeted a dramatic increase in its fish farming output over the next decade, with authorities believing this ambition will be best realised through localised aquafeed and broodstock production and by…

14th February 2022

RAS for Russia

14th February 2022

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Shrimps and prawns have not been produced in Russia on an industrial scale since the Soviet era. While investors used to consider this too risky a business, new companies are now determined…

31st December 2018

Shrimp and prawn production booming in Russia

31st December 2018