New ship repair plant to be built on South Kuril Islands to replace burned one OOO Rybokombinat Ostrovnoy, part of Vladivostok-based Eastern Fishery Management Company Group, will build a new ship repair plant on Shikotan Island by 2027. The project will replace the production hangar that was destroyed by fire on October 14, 2025. The fire completely destroyed the building with an area of 1.2 thousand square meters. meters, but some of the equipment was saved, and the ship's repairs continued without interruption. The site for the new building has already been prepared, and the planning is nearing completion. Deputy General Director of the Fish Factory Sergey Sukhanov informed Sakhalin Governor Valery Limerenko that the construction work will begin before the end of this year, the workshops will be introduced gradually, and the full launch of the factory is planned by the end of next year. In the future, the company intends to serve not only its own vessels, but also the fleet of other fishing companies, as well as warships. The establishment of a ship repair base in Shkotan began from scratch in 2024, and as early as 2025, the company was the first in the southern Kuril Islands to establish a full cycle of its own fleet repair, while refusing to send ships abroad and to other areas in the Far East. It was previously reported that after the modernization, the plant will be able to service large-volume vessels up to 6,000 tons in volume and repair up to 100 vessels per year, with 60% of the orders coming from third parties. The Ostrovian coastal fish processing complex produces canned fish, preserves, fishmeal and oil, as well as frozen semi-finished products.