Putin tours Omega Sea fish oil processing and refining plant in Magadan

MAGADAN. Aug 15 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin toured the Omega Sea fish oil processing and refining plant in Magadan on Friday afternoon.

There he was met by Governor of the Magadan Region Sergei Nosov, Omega Sea's general director, Nikolai Kotov, its director, Anatoly Popov and the head of its laboratory, Sergei Malashenko.

Putin saw how the fish fat is produced and was told about how it is refined.

The head of state was told about a unique and Russia's only technology for refining fish oil, which increases the content of fatty acids in the oil to 90%, whereas ordinary technologies only achieve 20%-30%.

"This is the first Russian plant producing re-esterified triglycerides from white fish from the Sea of Okhotsk - sardines and herring. The enterprise meets international production quality requirements," the Kremlin says on its website.

According to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, the main owner of the enterprise with 70% is the Pacific Fishery Company (Tikhrybcom, Magadan). The Korean Ocean & Pioneer International Co., Ltd owns 30%. Tikhrybcom's revenue was 3.6 billion rubles in 2024, as in 2023.

Putin also visited the Presidential Universal Sports and Health Complex in Magadan. He was shown the sports facility, told about its features, and acquainted with the conditions for sporting activity there.