It still forms an important subsidiary occupation. The most important hunting area is the Taymyr Peninsula, where the increasing wild reindeer population offers a basis for subsistence. Trapping of fur animals locally has a tradition for procurement of clothing. Since colonisation, it has been modified into a tax-procurement and trade branch. The wild fur animal population has declined severely.
Trapping is still important locally.
In many places, fur farms have taken over. Inland and estuarine fishing is a major subsistence branch throughout the Russian North. Salmon and various freshwater fish occur in large amounts. The main catches are made in estuaries and lower parts of rivers. The branch competes on uneven terms with commercial offshore salmon fishing.