The Russian Federal Fisheries Agency (Rosrybolovstvo) is holding two major crab fishing quota auctions on November 28, with a total value of approximately US$590 million. The first auction will be for 20% of the quota in the Barents Sea fishing area, with a starting price of 11.5 billion Rubles, and the successful bidder will be required to build three new crab fishing boats and two land processing plants. The second auction will be for quotas for multiple crab species in the Far East, with a starting price of 1.6 billion rubles. These auctions have been postponed multiple times due to lack of interest from the market. Russia aims to increase its fishing quota for all crab species to 109,800 tons by 2025, a year-on-year increase of 3.4%, and to revitalize the market and modernize the fishing industry through these large-scale auctions.