Deputy Minister of agriculture of the Russian Federation - head of the Federal Agency for fishery Ilya Shestakov held a meeting with Ambassador extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Iceland in Russia albert Jonsson. As reported Fishnews in the public relations centre of the HEADLAMP, the parties discussed the main directions of cooperation in the fisheries sector.

Albert Johnson noted the high value of sectoral cooperation between the two countries and stressed that apart from fishing Iceland engaged in the development of aquaculture, in particular the cultivation North of trout. "We plan to organize the supply of chilled trout on the Russian market", - said the Ambassador, adding that already achieved the relevant agreement with the largest Russian retail network.

"Problems with the availability of fish in the Russian Federation no. Along with this, these measures are reflected on the range", - noticed Ilya Shestakov. As an example, he cited the Norwegian Atlantic salmon (salmon). "Because ten years ago about aquaculture salmon in our market, in fact, no one knew, but the Norwegian suppliers have invested a lot of effort and money in the promotion of these products and significantly increased the volume of exports to Russia, - said the head of the Department. - At the same time, Russian fishermen catch in the far East, beautiful, high quality Pacific salmon". According to the head of the HEADLIGHTS, in connection with the sanctions have had the opportunity to fish products from the Russian far East manufacturers have taken a worthy place on the shelves of local stores.

"However, we understand the need to ensure the widest range of products for our population. And from this point of view we are interested in the supply of high quality chilled fish", - said Ilya Shestakov.