Northwest Fisheries Consortium Consortium home Ships Products English Northwest Fisheries Consortium SZRK is a large Russian non-profit partnership uniting companies engaged in the extraction, processing and sale of Kamchatka crabs and bottom fish species .

Northwest Fisheries Consortium Consortium home Ships Products English About consortium Contacts About consortium The non-profit partnership "North-West Fishery Consortium" (Consortium) was registered in 2002 as a result of the merger of a number of fishing companies in the North-West region into a single professional organization. The first companies that are part of the Consortium began their activities in Murmansk and Petrozavodsk in 1993 by fishing for cod and haddock and supplying it to consumers chilled. Then the Consortium grew by acquiring Russian and foreign-built vessels in order to increase production volumes and expand the range of products. Currently, the Consortium has one of the largest fleets in the region, consisting of crab, fishing and transport vessels. In addition to directly catching fish and catching crab, the Consortium has specialized subdivisions to ensure the operation and supply of the fleet, as well as to repair ships in accordance with the required licenses. The office of the Consortium's management company is located in St. Petersburg, the office of the company operating the fleet is in Murmansk. The consortium has representative offices in Moscow and Petrozavodsk. The enterprises of the Consortium employ about 800 people (administrative personnel and seafarers). The companies included in the Consortium carry out all the necessary production operations: fishing for fish and crab, processing raw materials directly on board ships, as well as at coastal factories, transporting manufactured products, repairing and supplying ships, distributing and selling products both domestically and abroad. foreign markets.

Northwest Fisheries Consortium Consortium home Ships Products English general information Bottom fish species Kamchatka crab Bottom fish species The Consortium's fishing vessels fish for cod (Atlantic cod) and haddock in the Barents Sea. As a by-catch, fish species such as pollock, halibut, sea bass, flounder, and catfish are also caught. All of these fish species are benthic. Fishing is carried out all year round using trawls. Fishing vessels of the Consortium produce frozen products from bottom fish species at on-board factories. Basically, these are products in the form of gutted, decapitated carcasses, sorted by weight. Frozen fillets are also produced. By-products can be cod liver, cod head fishmeal and other products. The fish caught by the Consortium ships live in natural, ecologically favorable conditions; it is not cultured. The meat of cod and haddock is tasty, aromatic, with a pleasant consistency. It is rich in nutrients such as protein, iodine and phosphorus.