ATHENS, Greece -- With a sharp increase of nearly 200,000 metric tons in pollock quota expected in Russia next year, the burning question at the recent Groundfish Forum in Athens, Greece was: Where will it all go?

According to Alexey Buglak, president of Russia's Pollock Catchers Association (PCA), the big winner will be headed and gutted (H&G) pollock production, forecast to increase from 670,000 metric tons to 750,000t next year, which would be the highest volume since COVID [...]