Fishermen in Alaska have lost a significant amount of its annual income because of United States sanctions taken against Russia. In response to the sanctions policy of America Russia for its part has introduced predamage, under which were a number of countries, including America, reports profile.ru
Because of these retaliatory sanctions Alaskan fishermen are losing about $40 million a year. As a result of Russia’s response to Western sanctions, the American fishermen and processors have lost the opportunity to supply its products to the Russian market. This was stated by Institute marketing seafood Alaska. Previously, Alaska exported to Russia salmon caviar, frozen salmon meat and surimi from Alaska Pollock.
It is worth noting that a few years before the start of the sanctions, Russia has increased exports of fish and seafood in the United States for the period from 2013 to 2018 1.7 times that in cash equal to the sum of $551 million of this amount, 84% were deliveries of crab. These data provided the national administration of ocean and atmosphere.
