“We expect that the total volume of return will be from 1 to 1.5 thousand tons. This will allow our enterprises to ensure a stable catch of chum salmon for further processing and production of various fish products,” said Vladimir Vostretsov, head of the planning and economic department of “Salmo Plus” LLC.
In the future, the company plans to reach the incubation capacity of 60 million eggs per year. After that, the annual return of chum salmon will be about 3 thousand tons.
Under an agreement with the Corporation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic, 339.5 million rubles were invested in the project. At the first stage of the project implementation, 14 jobs were created, in total 43 Sakhalin residents will get jobs.
Ivan Novikov, Deputy General Director for the Development of the Fishery Complex of the FEDC, noted that the Sakhalin Region is a leader in the release of juveniles. In total, more than 60 salmon hatcheries are engaged in the reproduction of salmon in the region, the total output of which exceeds 1 billion eggs.