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The Russian State Fishery Committee has never been fast enough in policy-making when it came to the distribution of marine bio-resources, giving reason for fierce criticism on the regional level across the country.

The hull of a new fishing vessel, the trawler-seiner 'H.?stervold', has been launched in Vyborg, Russia.
Designed by Vik-Sandvik engineers, it was built at the Vyborg Shipbuilding Yard by the order of the Norwegian shipowner DOF Industri AS.

It is not a secret that Kaliningrad fishermen have been enjoying particular favours from the Russian fishery authorities, especially in comparison with other north-west regions. But while the reasons for such benevolence are less apparent, its negative consequences for other provinces are easily predictable.

Administration of the State Fishery Committee of Russian Federation has informed that because of the hostage situation in Moscow the Conference of Fishermen of Russia that was scheduled to the end of October has been postponed to approximately 20th of November.

Last week, general director of National Fish Resources Andrey Tarasenko visited Murmansk again. Wishing to take a closer look at the situation in the regional coastal fishery, Tarasenko invited local fishermen, fish processors and ship repairers to voice their opinions at a working meeting on October 16th.

On October 21st, at an extraordinary shareholders meeting, Sevrybkholodflot’s new general director Vladimir Blinsky suggested renaming the company.

The investigation of a charge against Sevrybkholodflot former general director Albert Levanov is under way, unveiling new facts on his criminal activities as head of the company.

The annual Atlantic herring negotiations between Norway, Russian Federation, the Faroe Islands, Iceland and EU that took place last week in St. Petersburg, Russia, ended with no results. The participants did not succeed to arrive at a final decision on total allowable catch of herring for 2003.

The Russian government has made long waited amendments to the Decree No. 1702 dated December 24, 2001 related to cod and haddock fishing in the Russian Exclusive Economic Zone.

A coordinating meeting on fisheries issues held recently in Moscow brought together representatives of all Russia’s maritime regions to decide on the size of industrial quotas for 2003.