Since the beginning of the year, the total catch of aquatic biological resources amounted to more than 40 thousand tons
During January-August 2021, the total catch of fish and other aquatic biological resources by enterprises of the fishing industry of Ukraine amounted to 40,748 tons.
This is stated on the website of the State Agency for Land Reclamation and Fisheries of Ukraine.
In particular, the industrial catch in fishery water bodies and on the continental shelf of Ukraine amounted to 14 329 tons.
So, in the reservoirs of the Dnieper 5606 tons of fish and other aquatic biological resources were harvested (+ 11% to the indicators of January-August 2020), r. Danube – 469 tons (61%), Black Sea estuaries – 33 tons (+ 27%), Dnieper-Bug estuarine system – 536 tons (14%).
At the same time, industrial fishermen caught 5268 tons of fish and other aquatic biological resources in the Black Sea, 1777 tons – the Sea of Azov, 577 tons – in the lower reaches of the river. Dniester with estuary and Kuchurgan reservoir and 64 tons – in other reservoirs.
In the area of operation of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) vessels flying the national flag of Ukraine caught 22,187 tonnes of krill in January-August. This is 7% more than in the same period last year.
Also, according to preliminary data, 2100 tons of marketable aquaculture products were caught.
In addition, special commercial fish farms (STF), combining elements of aquaculture and industrial catch, operate on lakes and reservoirs (their parts) of Ukraine. In total, since the beginning of the year, 2132 tons of aquatic biological resources have been extracted in the STRA mode.