Deputy Prime Minister of Russia - presidential Plenipotentiary envoy to the far Eastern Federal district Yuri Trutnev supported the possibility of including quotas for the catch of crab in the investment quota.

"With regard to the distribution [of quotas] crab, then they should enter in the total investment quota", - said the Ambassador on Wednesday to journalists at the V far Eastern media summit.

Trutnev added that the correctness of the decision on the introduction of investment quotas is confirmed by the fact that "now there are already applications for the construction of vessels, construction of fish processing plants".

In 2016, adopted a law that defines the criteria for obtaining the investment quota to update the fishing fleet with the construction of the ships at Russian shipyards. In 2018, approved the first projects for the construction of ships and companies on quotas submitted more than 60 applications, most of them supported.

The distribution of quotas for catching king crab is not included in this program.

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