Russian King Crab Enters MSC Assessment After Passing Preliminary Review
SEAFOODNEWS.COM by Eugene Gerden December 2, 2016
Russian king crab production is going to be certified to the MSC standard.
The Russian crab producers have started preparations for the certification in accordance with the standards of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), in a move, that should provide an opportunity for more regular supplies of Russian king crab to ship to Western markets.
This year the Russian Association of Crab Producers of Far East has successfully passed a procedure of preliminary assessment of crab fishing, which applied to three crab species on the West Kamchatka, and in particular king crab, blue, and southern tanner crab. There is the possibility that next year it will apply to other crab species.
According to Alexander Dyplyakov, head of the Association of Crab Producers of Far East, the final assessment of the three above-mentioned species is expected to be completed in the second half of 2017. At that time Russia will begin the process of certification of other crab species, such as Opilio snow crab from the North Okhotsk subzone, as well as some crab species of the eastern coast of Kamchatka.
Dyplyakov has also added that certification of Russian crab production is an acute need that will ensure stable supplies of Russian crab
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