Pink Salmon Fishery in the European Part of Russia: Results of the 2025 Fishing Season
https://doi.org/10.36038/2307-3497-2026-203-66-75
EDN: GAXHOZ
Abstract
Purpose: To summarize the results of the 2025 European pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) fishing season in the Northern Fishery Basin, as well as to discuss the reasons that led to the achieved catch volumes.
Methods: Catch data were obtained from reports of the Severomorsk and Northwestern Territorial Administrations of Russian Federal Agency for Fisheries, observation of juvenile pink salmon was conducted using standard methods, and NOAA data were used to construct sea surface temperature maps.
Novelty: This paper presents new data on the catch from the past 2025 fishing season.
Result: The 2025 European pink salmon fishing season was successful, but the forecast was not met — the total catch in the five regions of the White and Barents Seas basins (Murmansk Oblast, Republic of Karelia, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Republic of Komi) amounted to about 9% of the forecasted values.
Practical Significance: The odd-year generation of introduced European pink salmon returns to spawn every two years; therefore, summarizing the results of each fishing season allows us to retain valuable data for organizing fishing operations in subsequent years.
About the Authors
I. I. Gordeev
Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography («VNIRO»); M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University («MSU»)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
19, Okruzhnoi Proezd, Moscow, 105187
1/12, Leninskie Gory, Moscow, 119234
A. V. Tkachenko
Polar branch of VNIRO (N. M. Knipovich «PINRO»)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
6, Academician Knipovich St., Murmansk, 183038
N. S. Vladykina
Northern Branch of VNIRO («Severny»)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
17, Uritskogo St., Arkhangelsk, 163002
A. M. Tortsev
Northern Branch of VNIRO («Severny»)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
17, Uritskogo St., Arkhangelsk, 163002
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For citations:
Gordeev I.I., Tkachenko A.V., Vladykina N.S., Tortsev A.M. Pink Salmon Fishery in the European Part of Russia: Results of the 2025 Fishing Season. Trudy VNIRO. 2026;203:66-75. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.36038/2307-3497-2026-203-66-75. EDN: GAXHOZ
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