date:Mar 27, 2014
opposite. As previously reported, fish processing plants in the Kola Peninsula have for several years been in crisis as new federal legislation disencourages vessels to land their catch in local ports. In late 2013, almost 80 percent of the once powerful regional fish processing industry was left without raw materials, and the 12 processing companies in the region were all threatened by collapse. At the same time, prices on cod in the region were paradoxically almost twice higher than in neighb