Natural spawning ground for salmon turned out to be empty, this means that after a few years of returning fish will not. In an interview with TASS said the Deputy Chairman of the government of the Sakhalin region that oversees the fishing industry, Igor Bystrov.

"The volume of catch is very small. Salmon produced about 22 thousand tons (the forecast of 47 thousand tonnes), salmon fishing which has just begun, about 3 thousand tons. For kete, this is normal, pink is not enough", - said Bystrov.

The fishermen compare the course of the fishing season in even-numbered and odd-numbered years, and odd years are considered "fish". In 2014 in the Sakhalin-Kuril area produced 82 thousand tonnes of salmon in 2012, 99 thousand tons. According to the observations of the Sakhalin research Institute of fisheries and Oceanography (SakhNIRO) leads the last 70 years, in the even year average catch of 35 thousand tonnes of pink salmon.

According to the Deputy Chairman of the government, low approaches of salmon to the shores of Sakhalin, lead to the fact that the natural salmon spawning grounds were empty, this means that after a few years of returning salmon would not.

"To date not laid eggs for state fish hatcheries. Maturity until the critical situation there. But, for example, in the river Lyutoga (southern Sakhalin, Aniva district), on the coast of which the plants, no fish. The possibilities of a bookmark of caviar from other districts of the region. For example, for several years at the plant, standing on the river Naiba (Dolinsky district) there is a tab of caviar with Smoked", - shared Bystrov.

According to him, now need to find out why spawning grounds are empty. If the failure of the salmon" - a natural phenomenon, it is necessary to wait, when will begin a new cycle of big fish. If the problem resulted from fish counting barriers (Rosov) or activities of poachers, the need to make decisions that will allow you to "neutralize the negative."