MOSCOW, November 10. /TASS/. The catch of aquatic bioresources by Russian fishermen has exceeded four mln metric tons since the start of 2026, said the Federal Agency for Fishery, Rosrybolovstvo.

"According to data from the industry monitoring system of the Federal Agency for Fishery (the Fisheries Monitoring and Communications System Center), Russian fishermen caught 4,045.7 thousand tons of aquatic bioresources," the report said.

Of this total, 3.199 mln tons of bioresources were harvested in the Far Eastern basin, 290,600 tons in the Northern basin, 61,400 tons in the Western basin, 24,500 tons in the Azov-Black Sea basin, and 53,000 tons in the Volga-Caspian basin. In the exclusive economic zones of foreign states, in convention areas, and in the open areas of the World Ocean, the Russian fleet harvested 384,634 tons.

The total catch of aquatic bioresources in Russia for 2025 declined in annual terms from more than 4.9 mln tons to 4.7 mln tons due to the drop in Japanese pilchard harvesting.