Fish Products: Russia

(asked on 9th September 2014) - View Source

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of Russia's ban on EU fish products on the pelagic industry in Northern Ireland.


Answered by
George Eustice Portrait
George Eustice
This question was answered on 13th October 2014

Official data shows that there were no exports of fish and fish products from Northern Ireland to the Russian Federation in the whole of 2013, or the first quarter of 2014. Direct impacts from the Russian ban are therefore likely to be limited. There are concerns, however, that the loss of the Russian market, combined with an increase in quota for mackerel this year, is leading to a reduction in prices received by fishermen. We are working with industry, the Devolved Administrations and the European Commission on a number of measures to mitigate any negative impacts.

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