SeafoodSource spoke with Ilya Shestakov, head of Russia’s Federal Agency for Fisheries, at Seafood Expo Global in Brussels, Belgium on 24 April.
SeafoodSource: Can you give an overview of how Russia performed in regard to seafood production in 2017?
Shestakov: In 2017, the volume of catch was 4.9 million tons, and the volume of aquaculture … was 220,000 tons. The main species for wild catch was pollock, with Far East [the l…
