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Russia ups crab exports to Japan

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By SeafoodSource staff
21 August, 2012 - Russia exported 3,900 metric tons of crab to Japan in the first half of 2012, which is 160 percent more than it exported to that country in the same period of last year, representative of the Far Eastern Fishing Companies Union Dmitry Dremlyuga told Interfax, citing Japanese Finance Ministry data.

Japan received medium and large crabs in the first half of 2012, which were caught in the area of western Kamchatka and the Primorye subarea.

The capture of small Kamchatka crab has also begun in the Ayan area.

“In Japan they are well aware of this. There is demand for Ayan crab, since there isn't much left in stock,” Dremlyuga said. “However, prices are still constrained by large stocks of west Kamchatka crab,” he added.

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