A $100 million pollock behemoth: Russia unveils its biggest, most expensive fishing vessel

The Viktor Gavrilov was ordered under the state investment quota program and has taken more than six years to construct.

Launch ceremony for the Viktor Gavrilov, a freezer trawler built in the Yantar shipyard, Kaliningrad, Russia for the V. Lenin Collective Fish Farm.
Launch ceremony for the Viktor Gavrilov, a freezer trawler built in the Yantar shipyard, Kaliningrad, Russia for the V. Lenin Collective Fish Farm.Photo: Rosrybolovstvo
Published 4 February 2025, 11:44Updated 4 February 2025, 11:44
V. Lenin Fishing Collective FarmKamchatkaKaliningradSea of JapanSea of Okhotsk