According to preliminary data by Russia’s Statistic Service Rosstat, the country’s overall production of fish in the first 10 months of 2015 jumped 5.6 percent compared to the same period last year, exceeding 3.2 million metric tons.
The total fish caught climbed 5.2 percent to around 3.7 million metric tons.
Russia's total seafood imports in the first 10 months of 2015 dropped 39 percent to 452,600 metric tons.
Imports of fresh and chilled fish plummeted 70.2 percent to 23,400 metric tons, while crustaceans and shellfish import supplies dropped 50.3