Russian Fishery plans Japan expansion through new surimi production

Russian Fishery Company, one of the Russia's largest producers of wild whitefish, is looking to leverage its growing value-added production capabilities to break into Japan's surimi market.

“We are revising our production plans with a focus on the value-added products on the construction of new trawler factories," Fedor Kirsanov, CEO of the company told IntraFish on sidelines of the III Global Fishery Forum, ongoing in St. Petersburg.

“A lot will depend on the market demand. However, it is obvious, we will look at the value-added production to expand into the European pollock market, as well as to start production of pollock surimi for Japan," he told IntraFish.