In may 2018 the turnover of fish products in Murmansk marine fishing port amounted to 16.2 thousand tons. This is almost 25% lower than a year earlier. About IA REGNUM reported in the press service of the port.

Reduced the number of ship calls. If in may 2017 berths MMRP stood 111 vessels, this year only 78.

"The drop was primarily due to fish demersal species (cod, haddock, plaice). In may she was taken to three thousand tons less, than usually, — quotes a press-service of the port chief dispatcher of JSC MMRP Vitaly Klimenkov. — But figures for blue whiting and shrimp correspond roughly may of last year."

However, in the port to this fall were not ready, because, according to the Center monitoring system of fishery and communications with the beginning of the year in the Northern basin caught fish on 11 thousand tons more than last year — 338,3 thousand tons. Reduction only for haddock by 14.8 thousand tons. And the catch of cod, however, increased by 20.6 thousand tonnes and reached 249,5 thousand. The reduction of the catch of demersal species was observed in April.

At the port believe that the real reason is the persistence of the polar orientation of fishermen for export. Since the beginning of refrigerators MMRP the owners sent abroad 19 thousand tons of fish. Another 11 thousand tons went for export transit without unloading, ships called at the port for customs clearance. "How much was spent on exports from the fishing areas — we can only guess," — said the press service.

Recall, as reported IA REGNUM, a similar situation developed at the Murmansk fishing port last year — while the Norwegian company increased the volume of fish catch, Murmansk fishers he, however, declined.