The authorities of Komi Republic report on the plans for activation aquaculture projects.

 

According to the information of the Ministry of agriculture and food of Komi Republic the yearly consumption of fish products in the Republic is 18 000 tons while own fish production is only 260 tons.

In the year 2009 the fish production in Komi increased by 42%, says Minister of agriculture Mr. Sergey Chechetkin, according to Fishnews.ru

The realization of fish products grew up by 27%. The Minister reported that during the next four years the local authorities plan to increase the fish production up to 1,5 thousand tons due to active development of fish farming.

The Komi Republic has few possibilities for development of aquaculture industry because few lakes and no seashore. In these conditions the only possibility for aquaculture development is the use of flowing waters and streams.

In the autumn this year, the cooperative “KomiRyba” will establish a special manufacturing entity that will unite the production from four local companies.

BarentsObserver.com