Figures for the first quarter of 2020 indicate that with landings of over 2000 tonnes of crab this year so far, the Russian Crab Company’s catches account for 21% of the Russian Far Eastern region’s overall crab volume.
Overall landings for the region are put at 9500 tonnes so far this year. The Russian Crab Company holds quotas for a total of 12,970 tonnes of a variety of crab species in different subzones, and holds 19% of Far Eastern crab quotas, making it the largest player in the region.
To date, 100% of quotas for Opilio Bairdi crab in the West Bering Sea and Karaginsky subzone, Golden King crab in West Kamchatka subzone, Blue King crab in the West Kamchatka and West Bering Sea subzones as well as Opilio crab in Karaginsky subzone have been caught. The company’s vessels have taken 80% of Hair crab quotas in the Primorsky subzone is completed by 80% and are currently fishing for Opilio crab in the North Okhotsk Sea subzone.
The Russian Crab Company Group is the only supplier of live Hair crab to the Japanese market and is the region’s leading supplier to the Chinese market among.
The company currently operates 19 fishing vessels, and has a series of seven new vessels on order, designed for catching and transporting live crab. Construction of the series of new vessels has commenced at the Onega Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Plant as a part of the Investment Quota Programme.
