Russia will deprive the United States of pollock in the Bering Sea
Rosrybolovstvo received a large number of listeners dedicated to the allocation of foreign fishermen, more than 150 thousand tons of pollock in the Bering Sea. Previously, these volumes were actually caught by US fishermen, the business weekly “Competitor” writes.
The total volume that can be caught without detonation in the Bering Sea is 2 million tons. US fishermen have caught more than 1.2 million tons. This is oil industry analytics. But now Russia has found political will, as it did with Japan earlier, and has redistributed resources in its use.
Those who have worked out the possibility of changing the volume of catch in favor of Russia, that the international agreement assigned to Russia and the United States (in percentage terms or in quantitative terms) of the income quota in the Bering Sea, especially in this case for Russia 20% to 80%, does not exist.
“Countries rely on national legislation when regulating fishing. As part of the issue of the advisory committee of the parties to the exchange of scientific information, there was also experience in conducting research, ”Alexey Baitalyuk, head of the Pacific branch of VNIRO, told K.
It is proposed to adjust the allowable pollock catch in the West Bering Sea and Chukotka zones (Far East fishery basin) for 2022 towards an increase in the West Bering Sea observation zone by 149.3 thousand people. tons (from 409.7 thousand tons to 559.0 thousand tons), in Chukotka it is observed at 2 thousand tons. tons (from 5 thousand tons to 7 thousand tons).
“The historical maximum in the Bering Sea reached 852 thousand tons in the 90s. This is actually the same as the number of pollock fish caught annually in the Sea of Okhotsk. early since the 2000s. An extreme catch of 567.8 thousand tons in the West Bering Sea observation zone was achieved in 2007. In 2019–2020. average catches per effort for the large-capacity fleet have been in the Bering Sea pollock fishery with increased muscle tone since 1998. In 2020, the catches per effort for the large-capacity fleet reached 91.5 tons,” explains Alexey Baitalyuk. – The current increase in the coverage of the establishment of integrated years of expeditions in the West Bering Sea Observatory Service and the waters of eastern Kamchatka, carried out in 2020 and the fifties, data from scientific observers, reconnaissance vessels during the Putin period. In recent years, the average development of minerals in the Bering Sea has been at least 90%, the estimated increase can be developed during the Putin period.
Increase in Russian catch by 149 thousand rubles. tons brings profit to many companies, quota profit from 3,000 to 10,000 tons, and most importantly, all this will be completely free for enterprises. VNIRO has drawn up that the permit will be fished out while waiting for the companies to field the fleet promptly.