Total fish catch by Ukrainian enterprises in 2017 reached 94,200 tonnes, which is 6.6% more than in 2016, Head of the State Agency of Fisheries of Ukraine Yaroslav Belov has said.
“In 2017, the total catch of fish and other aquatic biological resources by the enterprises of the industry amounted to 94,200 tonnes, which is 6.6% more than in 2016,” he said during a public report on the agency’s work on Friday, February 23.
According to him, in 2017, more than 400 companies received quotas for the special use of aquatic biological resources, which produced 62,300 tonnes of fish and other aquatic biological resources (8.2% more than in 2016).
In the Sea of Azov, the catch increased by 13.7%, to 37,500 tonnes, in the Black Sea by 6.1%, to 5,200 tonnes, and in inland waters by 13.1%, to 19,500 tonnes.
Oceanic catch of Antarctic krill in 2017 increased 8.1%, to 7,900 tonnes.
The State Agency of Fisheries said that in 2017, more than 4,000 companies carried out fishery activities.
“According to tentative data, 16,000 tonnes of commercial fish were grown last year, which corresponds to the level of 2016,” Belov said.
He said that 612 special commercial fish farms operated in Ukraine in 2017, of which 296 were involved in fish caught. In total, these farms produced 7,800 tonnes of fish last year, which is 7.4% more than in 2016.
In general, last year, the stocking of Ukrainian water reservoirs with fish increased by 3.8%, to 44.6 million juvenile fish.
