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Russia shrimp ban worsens as over half of Canadian, Greenlandic volumes now shut off

A leading coldwater shrimp importer warned Russia is heading towards a shortage of small shrimp as the country’s import bans on Canadian and Greenlandic shrimp trawlers continue to worsen. Ten trawlers representing more than half of Russia’s coldwater annual shrimp imports are now shut off from the country entirely due to “temporary restrictions” by the country’s veterinary authority Rosselkhoznadzor, which are effectively indefinite bans. Read more here 17:33