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Russia's Fishery Sector Nets Near 4.5 Million Tons in Catch

RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Wednesday, December 17, 2025, 09:20 (GMT + 9)

Strong Performance Across Basins Driven by Key Species

Moscow – The total Russian catch of aquatic bioresources has reached approximately 4.5 million tons, according to the latest data from the Federal Agency for Fisheries' industry monitoring system (Rosrybolovstvo). The overall volume of production by all Russian users amounted to 4,492.9 thousand tons. This strong performance reflects significant yields across Russia's major fishery basins, with notable increases in species like pollock, Pacific herring, and anchovy compared to the 2024 level.

Detailed Basin Catch Statistics

Far Eastern Fishery Basin: 3,468.7 thousand tons

This basin accounted for the vast majority of the national catch, driven by substantial hauls of key commercial species:

• Pollock – 2,085.7 thousand tons (an increase of 153.8 thousand tons compared to the 2024 level).

• Pacific herring – 551.3 thousand tons (an increase of 131.2 thousand tons compared to the 2024 level).

• Cod – 110.8 thousand tons (an increase of 7 thousand tons compared to the 2024 level).

• Far Eastern flounder – 67.3 thousand tons (an increase of 7 thousand tons compared to the 2024 level).

Northern Fishery Basin: 306.8 thousand tons

• Cod – 154.5 thousand tons.

• Haddock – 55 thousand tons.

Western Fishery Basin: 71.7 thousand tons

• Sprat – 38.7 thousand tons (an increase of 0.8 thousand tons compared to the 2024 level).

• Baltic herring – 23.4 thousand tons (an increase of 0.1 thousand tons compared to the 2024 level).

Azov-Black Sea Fishery Basin: 43.6 thousand tons (a 34.6% increase compared to the 2024 level)

• Anchovy – 17.6 thousand tons (an increase of 5.3 thousand tons compared to the 2024 level).

Volga-Caspian Fishery Basin: 73.5 thousand tons

• Sprat – 25.3 thousand tons (an increase of 2 thousand tons compared to the 2024 level).

• Ordinary fish species – 16.9 thousand tons.

West Siberian Fishery Basin: 36.5 thousand tons

East Siberian Fishery Basin: 2.4 thousand tons

Baikal Fishery Basin: 1.5 thousand tons

Fisheries control post of the modern processing trawler Vladimir Limanov of Russian Fishery

International Waters Catch

The Russian fleet's production volume in the exclusive economic zones of foreign states, conventional areas, and the open part of the World Ocean totaled 488.2 thousand tons. This figure represents an increase of 13.5 thousand tons or 2.9% higher than the catch recorded in the corresponding period of 2024.

Source: Federal Agency for Fisheries

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