Exports of pollock fillets from Russia more than tripled in the first half of 2018 to reach 31,300 metric tons, making up 57 percent of the country's total seafood exports, according to the Russian association of fisheries enterprises, entrepreneurs and exporters VARPE.

The growth was spurred by both an increase in value-added products from the country and an upward trend in fillet prices.

The value of Russia’s seafood exports overall jumped 17 percent to $1.7