Commercial fishermen in Ukraine’s water bodies harvested 5.1 thousand metric tons of aquatic biological resources from January through August 2026, according to the State Agency for the Development of Land Reclamation, Fisheries, and Food Programs (State Fisheries Agency).
Silver crucian carp accounted for the largest share of the catch—1,500 metric tons, or 31% of the total. Other major species caught included bream—1,100 metric tons, roach—793 metric tons, silver bream—448 metric tons, pikeperch—272 metric tons, and herbivorous species, including silver carp and white amur, — 212 metric tons, perch — 123 metric tons, and Black Sea herring — 103 metric tons.
The largest volumes of aquatic biological resources since the beginning of the year were harvested in the Kremenchuk Reservoir—2,300 metric tons—and the Kamyanskoe Reservoir—over 1,000 metric tons. In the lower Dniester, including the lakes and the Turunchuk branch, as well as the Dniester Estuary, the catch totaled 445 metric tons.
In the Dnipro Reservoir, 416 metric tons of aquatic biological resources were harvested; in the Kyiv Reservoir, 306 metric tons; and in the Kaniv Reservoir, 294 metric tons. In the waters of the Dnipro-Bug estuary system and the Danube River, the catch totaled 118 and 117 metric tons, respectively.
The smallest catch volumes were recorded in the Berezan and Tiligul estuaries—23 and 21 metric tons, respectively—as well as in the Chernihiv region: 9 metric tons in the Dnipro River and 5 metric tons in the Desna River, including lakes.
Due to the Black and Azov Seas being blocked as a result of Russia’s military aggression, fishing for marine species—including sprat, glos, mullet, anchovy, rapana, shrimp, and pilengas—is currently virtually nonexistent; these species accounted for a significant share of the fish market in the pre-war years, the report states.
BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES, CATCH, FISH, State Agency for Fisheries, UKRAINE
