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Fishing enterprises of Primorsky region have started sardine fishing for the first time in 25 years. First hundreds of tons of valuable fish are already caught and will get on store counters very soon.

Here we can see the first batch of sardine in modern Russia. "Vsevolod Sibirtsev" factory ship is working around the clock. Valuable fish is being caught steadily and in large quantities. Very soon, in the end of August, these sardine cans will get to the shelves of stores of Primorsky region and then of the whole country.

Alexander Efremov, the head of "Dobroflot Group" says: "Sardine will be cheaper than herring; it will be cheaper than any red cod species. This will be the cheapest and most delicious fish, which is being caught in Russia. "

At present only one company is catching sardine. It took one year and a half to prepare, in addition it took 30 million rubles to produce one special purse seine. At present, Dobroflot Group is fishing in the South Kuril area of Pacific Ocean, sardine population is growing rapidly, and its habitat area expands.

Now fishermen already confidently talk about the beginning of the next sardine cycle in the Far East fishing. The importance of this event both for fishermen and for the economy of the Far Eastern region cannot be overestimated.

Sardine is not only tasty and cheap, but also very good for health, it contains Omega 3 aliphatic acids, which help cardiovascular disease prevention. We have enough sardines for everyone - about five million cans of sardine will be produced before the end of this year.

News source: "Вести:Приморье" [ www.vestiprim.ru ]