Fishing enterprises of the Kamchatka territory produced since the beginning of the fishing season (June 1) 16.3% salmon more than in the same period of 2016 and 38.2% more than in the period from June to August in 2015. On 15 August, reported the press service of the government of Kamchatskiy Krai.

"Since the beginning of the fishing season (June 1) enterprises of the Kamchatka territory produced 222.8 thousand tons of salmon. On a specified date in 2016 was caught 191,5 thousand tons of Pacific salmon, and in 2015 – 161,2 thousand tons", – said the press service.

Most of the catch – 160,5 thousand tons is salmon. Also produced 36.9 thousand tons of sockeye salmon, 24.4 thousand tons of chum salmon. The bulk of the catch occurred in Karaginskoe the subzone, where during the fishing season was extracted space of 158.7 thousand tons of salmons, including pink salmon catches amounted to $ 146.7 thousand tons, which is almost two times higher than the initial recommended amount of catch.

"On the East coast of the Peninsula there is an ongoing fishery for chum salmon, sockeye salmon, began fishing for coho salmon. Continue fishing enterprises and in Western Kamchatka. Mined there 40,3 thousand tons of Pacific salmon, including more than 20 thousand tonnes was the catch of sockeye of the Ozernaya river," the
it is spoken in the message.

Salmon fishing season kicked off in Kamchatka on 1 June. According to the original scientists are predicting this year fishermen were allowed to produce 186 thousand tons of fish, but because of the approach of salmon to spawn, the forecast has been adjusted upward and are now allowed to catch limit is nearly 240 thousand tons.

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