While the Chilean fish shipped in frozen form to Russia, is the vast majority of salmon and trout f

Cheap Chilean frozen flows inwards the Russian market. While the Russian veterinary authorities is searching with magnifying glass for kvalitetsglipper in Norwegian salmon, pour Chilean farmers on the Atlantic salmon, trout and coho.
According to the Chilean fish broker Cruz Alta, Chile exported 4,887 tonnes of Atlantic salmon to Russia from January to March 2013. But the Russians are not satisfied only with salmon. They also imported 7,147 tonnes of trout and 1,401 tonnes of Pacific salmon coho from the Latin American country. With a total export of 13 435 tonnes in the first three months challenger soon Chile's position as the leading exporter of salmon to Russia.
One should not many years back in time, when Norway enjoyed around 95 percent market share of the Russian market for farmed salmon. Since 2005, however, arizona game and fish the Norwegian salmon exports to the large neighboring country to the east was marked by friction and trade barriers. arizona game and fish Russian veterinary authorities and peculiar incessant pursuit of bacteria in Norwegian salmon has become a serial in the fishery, and later in the national press.
Norway remains the largest exporter of farmed salmon to Russia. According to the Norwegian Seafood Norway exported 28 689 tonnes of Atlantic salmon and 7,771 tons of trout (both species converted to live weight - editor.) To Russia arizona game and fish from January to March this year.
While the Chilean fish shipped in frozen form to Russia, is the vast majority of salmon and trout from Norway packaged fresh and iced the truck. Fresh fish achieves consistently higher prices than frozen fish, and is not burdened with freezing costs. Shipping Cost per pound of fish is not entirely dissimilar to a shipload of frozen container from Chile compared with a truck load of Norway.
Russia is among the world's salmon-eating people. Besides farmed salmon, Russia has very extensive credits in the world's largest salmon fishery. Fish volume arizona game and fish is enough to make the Russians more than self-sufficient in wild salmon. From the Japan Sea in the south, via the Sea of Okhotsk, Kamchatka and Bering Sea to the north, Russia has a rich catch of Pacific salmon. The majority of Russia's population arizona game and fish lives, however, west of the Ural Mountains, as wild salmon from the Pacific transported normally in frozen form with the Trans-Siberian railway west. Published at 20:36, on 12 May 2013. Updated at 8:19 on the 13th May 2013 Post navigation Phone Accident in Marine Harvest Conference for Japanese dominance of coho market