"Crab case" had time since the end of

"Crab case" had time since the end of last year to become controversial, in part of the civil dispute came to the Fifth Appellate Court. At this time, the basis for the trialwas the complaint of "Transfiguration base trawl fleet" (PBT) by an arbitration court of first instance in which the court refused to invalidate the auctions for the catch of king crab and hairy quadrangular. Recall that the next trial will be the continuation of the infamous "crab Auctions." Background is as follows: In November last year, a seaside territorial management Fishery Agency has conducted three auctions, in which the rights were sold to the conclusion of fixing quotas of three species of crab in the subzone of Primorye - blue, red king and hairy quadrangular. The decision to resume fishing king, blue and hairy crabs at a quadrangular Primorye coast, was taken after a ten-year ban. Applications for participation in the auction served a number of companies. To participate in the auction were to be granted only to those companies that have contracts with the relevant TINRO center for research Kamchatka, hairy and blue crabs - this condition has been identified as the core. In the opinion of most members of the fishing community, trades were conducted Primorye territorial department of the Federal Agency for Fisheries of the violations that caused outrage and, accordingly, fishing companies appeal to the court. "As we know, none of the enterprises in the period up to 31 December 2008 with TINRO center for scientific programs did not work and crab for scientific purposes is not fished," - noted in the treatment of fishermen. The exception is the Company "Maritime fishing company," which had a contract with the Research TINRO blue crab. For this reason it has been accepted and the application of "PBT", which the company filed for general conditions. However, for the three companies - OOO "Aquaresources-DV", LLC "Typhoon" and LLC "Comet" an exception was made and they were given quotas. Disagreeing with the results of the distributions of the quota shares of the catch, "Preobrazhensky" appealed to the Arbitration Court of Primorye with a lawsuit. Also in the claim handling fishermen were expressed confidence in the fact that none of the companies participating in auctions crab did not meet the basic conditions of the auction, but the winners were determined. In turn, the representative of "PBT" Alexander Shoulders, said that one of the winning companies participated in the auction is illegal. In addition to the claim in court, the labor collective of "PBT" were sent to treatment: Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich, Agriculture Minister Nikolai Fedorov and Vladimir Miklushevsky governor of Primorye. In the referral, fishermen are asked to assess the legitimacy of the Federal Agency for Fishery, "because such an approach of the fishing industry undermines the authority of the Government of the Russian Federation and causes great harm to the development of the fishing industry of Primorye Territory." The audit, which began Primorye Regional Prosecutor's Office, it was revealed significant violations of the law in the organization and holding of tenders. This was the reason for filing in court a few lawsuits have most of the prosecutor's office. Maritime Arbitration Court rejected the claim of the Transfiguration of the base, however, the major fishing companies in the Far East, while continuing to protect the interests of fishermen LW, did not agree with the decision of the court. The company is now appealing against the decision. Meanwhile, earlier this year, the Investigation Department of the TFR in the Primorsky Territory instituted several criminal cases against members of the seaside terupravleniya Rosrybolovstva, and the then head of this structure - Alexander Ivankov even been taken on remand. Searches (with the FSB staff and SU TFR in Primorsky Krai) were held in the office of LLC "Aquaresources-DV." It is interesting in this case is that, in his commentary RIA Fishnews.ru, Chairman of the Board of Directors of "Transfiguration base trawl fleet" Sergei Saxin drew attention to the fact that the direct economic interest in the cancellation of the results of the auction company does not have. "We insist only on the observance of the laws of the auction. And in the case of a re-tendering, PBT will participate in them on a common basis, along with all the candidates. " During the visit, a business ombudsman Boris Titov, Russia to Vladivostok, PBT officers approached him with the question of crab auctions. And especially for this event, they prepared a report on the "crab situation." But it's unclear whether this influenced the report made on the campus of Palo, the situation with the distribution of quotas. Surprising differences show different law enforcement agencies that are within the Primorye Territory: the FSB and the regional prosecutor's office, despite the arrest of the head of local government Rosrybolovstva insist on the need to cancel the auction, and the Court of Arbitration PC keeps them in power. And this despite the fact that the case has a negative public response. We can only wait for the decision of the appeal court.

Eugene Zhitnikova, RIA «VladNews»