MOSCOW, December 24. /TASS/. The aquatic bioresources catch in Russia climbed to 4.8 mln metric tons from the start of 2024, the Federal Agency for Fisheries said.

"According to data of the sectoral monitoring system of the Federal Agency for Fisheries, the total catch of aquatic bioresources by all Russian users totaled 4.8 mln metric tons," the agency said.

The catch totaled 3.642 mln metric tons in the Far Eastern basin, 433,700 metric tons in the Northern basin, 73,300 metric tons in the Western basin, 34,400 metric tons in the Azov-Black Sea basin, and 79,500 metric tons in the Volga-Caspian basin.

The Russian fleet caught over 486,600 metric tons of aquatic bioresources in exclusive economic zones of foreign countries, convention areas and the open part of the World Ocean, the agency added.

The total fish catch is expected to be 5 mln metric tons this year, head of the agency Ilya Shestakov said earlier. Russia achieved the maximal level of aquatic bioresources catching over thirty years (5.3 mln metric tons) in 2023.