How is the fishing industry of Latvia and in the whole of the Baltic countries actually died, the head of the Information Agency on fisheries Alexander Saveliev. He was commenting on RT data media about the fact that the losses of the Latvian fish processing enterprises Brīvais Vilnis has almost doubled.

According to him, the construction of new vessels in the Baltic countries, no money, and the fleet inherited from the Soviet Union, is worn.

"They are deprived of the opportunity to go on a long voyage, is to fish in coastal waters, efforts are actually condemned," said Savelyev, citing the example of the Latvian arrests of vessels by the Norwegian coast guard.

As for possible subsidies from the European Union, hope for them, it would be naive: the taxpayers of France, Germany or Britain are unlikely to support the fishing industry of the Baltic States and to raise our competitors.

As for the ban on the supply of Latvian sprats, the Russian market will not change: Russian processors have responded to the bans imposed earlier, quickly and efficiently. The company already work in the far East, in Crimea, the Kaliningrad region, on the Caspian sea and release huge amounts of sprats, blocking the necessary demand.

"So the chance to return to this market and compete with Russian producers in the Baltic enterprises aren't present", — concluded the expert.

We will remind, according to media reports, losses of the Latvian fish processing enterprises Brīvais Vilnis grew up in 2017 by almost half to €1,122 million Russian sanctions imposed in June 2015 because of the number of violations, become the main reason.