IN BRIEF - Russian Narody Severa and Bolsheretsk salmon fishery begins MSC full assessment process
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Friday, May 10, 2013
SEATTLE, (WA) - The Narody Severa and Bolsheretsk pink (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha), chum (Oncorhynchus keta), sockeye (Oncorhynchus nerka), and coho (Oncorhynchus kisutch) salmon fishery operating in the Sea of Okhotsk and Western Kamchatka, Russia has entered into full assessment in the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) certification program. The assessment will evaluate the fishery against the MSC principles and criteria for sustainable fishing and, if successful, salmon from the fishery will be eligible to bear the MSC ecolabel.
Russian Aquaculture, which farms 20,000 tonnes a year at seven sites in Murmansk, has bought the four-line de-licing barge Enabler One from FSV Group.
The latest FLS de-licing technology is supplied by Flatsetsund Engineering and the vessel, acquired in May, has undergone a significant upgrade at Båt-og Oppdrettservice in Averøy.
Following testing, the barge will be towed to Murmansk, where it will be operational by mid-September.
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