investigation of fishery resources,adjust the fishing structure rationaly and so on.

Russia to Increase Aquaculture ProductionThe Russia plans to increase the domestic production of aquaculture to 300,000tonnes by 2020 and also plans to attract investors to the industry.From now on, new zones for fish growing in Russia will be allocated throughauctions, instead of by tender. The new rules will involve mandatory payment ofa deposit for participation in the auctions. They will also involve the statesetting the volume and types of production - contrary to the previous scheme,where the type and volume of production were defined by the producers themselves.Aquaculture production in    

Russia is currently estimated at 140,000 tonnes offish, of which 80% is the production of carp. It is planned that over the comingyears the volume of production will be increased up to 300,000 tonnes.