One of Russia’s largest and economically important fisheries – Sea of Okhotsk Pollock Expedition – operated during January 01 – March 31, 2018 in West Kamchatka (61.05.2) and Kamchatka-Kuril (61.05.4) sub-zones and during January 01 – April 09, 2018 in North Sea of Okhotsk subzone (61.05.1) has completed.
According to data of Vessel Daily Reports (VDR) from the Fishery Monitoring System (FMS) run by the Federal Fishery Agency as of April 09, 2018, total pollock catch amounted to 824.8 kilotons (kt) (85.3% of TAC) compared with 858.8 kt (88.8% of TAC) during the same period a year ago.
KamchatNIRO specialists have published report providing overview on the Sea of Okhotsk pollock fishing season A of 2018. The English summary of the report is available in the publications.