Russia's 2025 fisheries quota auctions bring in over RUB 50.3 billion, crab investment quotas contribute RUB 46.6 billion
According to the annex to the 2025 federal budget execution law signed by the Russian President, quota auctions in the previous year brought the federal budget more than RUB 50.3 billion in revenue, of which crab investment quota auctions contributed over RUB 46.6 billion.
Russia's fishing quota auctions brought the federal budget more than RUB 50.3 billion in 2025. The figure comes from the annex to the 2025 federal budget execution law signed by the Russian President, as reported by Fishnews on October 20, 2026.
In terms of revenue composition, crab fishing quota auctions for investment purposes were the main source, with the related auctions generating more than RUB 46.6 billion in budget revenue. Revenue from auctions allocating shares of aquatic biological resource fishing quotas amounted to about RUB 3.7 billion.
The two together correspond to the total listed in the annex to the budget execution law: crab investment quota auctions of more than RUB 46.6 billion and other aquatic biological resource fishing quota share auctions of about RUB 3.7 billion, totaling more than RUB 50.3 billion.