MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The spokesperson added that the Russian fisheries watchdog plans to actively promote Russian fish on the market next year and to support domestic fish companies by providing them with federal subsidies.
"The Russian fish industry, despite all arising difficulties, is capable, from the perspective of an overall balance, of compensating for shortfalls in the volume of imports, including those coming from Turkey," the spokesperson said.
According to Rosrybolovstvo, the share of Russian fish on the market has gone up to 65 percent this year as compared to 50 percent last year.
"After the countermeasures introduced last year against the countries supporting anti-Russia sanctions, we have seen a stable increase in catches, including in the species of aquatic biological resources the imports of which had declined," the Rosrybolovstvo spokesperson told RIA Novosti.
On Thursday, Russian Economic Development Minister Alexei Ulyukayev said that Russia could restrict or even ban Turkish vessels and aircraft from entering Russian ports and airspace and could also terminate or temporarily suspend international trade agreements over the downing of the Russian Su-24 aircraft.
A Russian Su-24 jet crashed in Syria on Tuesday. Ankara claimed that it downed the Russian airplane because it violated Turkish airspace. Both the Russian General Staff and the Syrian Air Defense Command confirmed that the Su-24 never crossed into Turkish airspace and was shot down over Syrian territory.
