Rosrybolovstvo estimated income from pollock and crabs auctions at 300 billion rubles

Auctions for the sale of quotas for the production of pollock, herring and crabs can bring about 300 billion rubles to the budget. About it in an interview RBC informed head of the Federal Agency for Fishery Ilya Shestakov.

“In total, within the framework of the second stage of the reform [инвестиционных квот] it is planned to attract 300 billion rubles. private investment: 160 billion rubles. – from auctions for herring and pollock, 140 billion rubles. “Crabs,” he said.

It is specified that auctions will be held in August-September this year to distribute quotas for 20% of the total allowable catch of herring and pollock, as well as quotas for crabs, their share of the total catch is 50%.

The investment quota program was conceived back in 2015 and is aimed at modernizing the fishing fleet and developing coastal infrastructure. It is assumed that the state will allocate catch quotas to fishermen, and in return they will invest in the industry. The first stage of distribution of investment quotas took place in 2017. At that time, 20% of the total catch of herring and pollock was distributed among market participants, in return they undertook to build new fishing vessels and processing plants.

In 2019, 50% of crab fishing quotas were sold through auctions for more than 142 billion rubles. Quotas are valid from 2020 to 2034. The largest participants in the auctions were the structures of Gleb Frank, the owner of the Russian Fishery Company (RRPK). They spent 38 billion rubles at auctions. Prior to this, 10-year quotas were distributed among companies on a historical basis, i.e. in proportion to the production for the previous period.