Russian fishermen have caught 1.414 million tonnes of fish since the beginning of the year, which is 4.1% more than they caught in the same period of 2012, the Federal Fisheries Agency (Rosrybolovstvo) reported.
Fishermen have ramped up the catch rates, which grew by just 1% during several weeks. Before the end of February, the catch was on the decline.
Fishers boosted their catch in the Far Eastern Basin by 35,800 tonnes to 1.3 million tonnes. Pollock was the main hunt in the area, at 842,800 tonnes, up 7,000 tonnes.
In the Northern Basin, the fish catch was up 500 tonnes since the start of the year to 222,900 tonnes. The cod catch grew by 27,000 tonnes to 132,400 tonnes, whereas the haddock catch dropped 23,400 tonnes to 26,100 tonnes, and the capelin catch fell 3,300 tonnes to 60,400 tonnes.
Russian fishers reeled in 13,200 tonnes of fish (down 300 tonnes from last year) in the Baltic Sea, 12,700 tonnes of fish (down 4,000 tonnes) in the Azov-Black Sea Basin, and 5,700 tonnes of fish (up 4,400) in the Caspian Basin.
In the waters of foreign states, Russian fishermen caught 98,100 tonnes of fish, or 3,300 tonnes more than they caught last year. In convention areas and open parts of the World Ocean, the catch rose 7,500 tonnes to 30,200 tonnes.