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Photo: Federal Agency for Fisheries/FIS
Russia's Fishery Catch Surpasses 4.3 Million Tons, Led by Far East Surge
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Friday, November 28, 2025, 06:00 (GMT + 9)
The Russian fishing industry has demonstrated robust performance, with the total catch of aquatic bioresources by all users exceeding 4.3 million tons.
According to the industry monitoring system of the Federal Agency for Fisheries (Rosrybolovstvo), the cumulative harvest reached 4,310.5 thousand tons. This volume underscores the crucial role of the Far Eastern Fishery Basin, which remains the dominant contributor to the national total.
Key Fishery Basin Catches and Year-over-Year Growth
The success of the national catch is primarily driven by significant harvests in the Far Eastern Basin and notable growth in the Azov-Black Sea and Volga-Caspian Basins.
Far Eastern Fishery Basin: 3,330.4 thousand tons
This basin, which encompasses the highly productive seas of the Russian Far East, accounted for the vast majority of the total catch. Key species saw substantial increases compared to 2024 figures:
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Pollock: 2,002.2 thousand tons (an increase of 131.5 thousand tons over 2024). Pollock remains the single most important commercial species in Russia's catch profile.
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Pacific herring: 513.8 thousand tons (an increase of 138.8 thousand tons over 2024).
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Pacific salmon: 335.6 thousand tons (an increase of 100.2 thousand tons over 2024). This strong salmon harvest is particularly significant, as 2024 saw one of the weakest salmon seasons on record.
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Cod: 105.9 thousand tons (an increase of 6.3 thousand tons over 2024).
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Far Eastern flounder: 64.3 thousand tons (an increase of 5.4 thousand tons over 2024).
Northern Fishery Basin: 296.9 thousand tons
Activity in the Northern Basin, primarily the Barents Sea, concentrated on high-value groundfish:
Western Fishery Basin: 64.4 thousand tons
The Western Basin, focused largely on the Baltic Sea, had major catches of small pelagic species:
Azov-Black Sea Fishery Basin: 40.5 thousand tons
This basin saw one of the most significant percentage increases nationally:
Volga-Caspian Fishery Basin: 69.8 thousand tons
Inland waters also showed a slight increase:
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Total catch: 69.8 thousand tons (a +1.9% increase compared to the 2024 level).
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Sprat: 23.9 thousand tons (an increase of 2.6 thousand tons over 2024).
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Ordinary fish species: 15.1 thousand tons.
Video: Delta Fish
Other Basins and International Operations
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West Siberian Fishery Basin: 36.5 thousand tons
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East Siberian Fishery Basin: 2.4 thousand tons
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Baikal Fishery Basin: 1.5 thousand tons
In international waters—specifically, the exclusive economic zones of foreign states, conventional areas, and the open part of the World Ocean—the Russian fleet's production reached 466.2 thousand tons. This haul was 15.6 thousand tons (or 3.5%) higher than the figure for the corresponding period in 2024, highlighting the continued importance of distant-water fishing operations for the Russian industry.
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