| Main Ref. | Bartley, D.M. (comp./ed.), 2006 |
| To | USSR, Former Area of |
| FAO area | |
| From | USSR, Former Area of (Kamchatka) |
| FAO area | |
| Year | 1961 |
| Range | |
| Period | 1950-1974 |
| Established in the Wild | yes, self reproducing |
| Established in Aquaculture | |
| Significant Ecological Interactions | probably yes - beneficial |
| Significant Socio-economic Effects | |
| Introduced by | government |
| Reason | fisheries |
| Other Reason | |
| Comments | In 1961 to 1969 the All-Union Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography (UNIRO), Moscow, USSR, released 2500 5ì to 15 years old specimens of the Kamchatca King crab Paralithodes camtscatica and 10.000 juveniles 1 to 3 years old in the Barents Sea. |