The potential of the Russian fishery is about 40 million t but annual catches in recent years have been limited to 4.0-4.3 million t. In the Volga-Caspian basin, the total fisheries catch in 2014 was 36.6 thousand t. In the Azov-Black sea basin, the catch of all aquatic bioresources in 2014 was 51 thousand t. These basins provide 0.7-0.8 percent of the total catch in Russia. Given the current situation with aquatic biological resources in southern Russia, aquaculture is the only reasonable way to develop the fish supply.
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