Order No. 169 of the Federal Fisheries Committee validating the list of species of living organisms that are living resources of the continental shelf of the Russian Federation.

The list of species contains 10 groups: 1) Crustacea; 2) Mollusca; 3) Echinodermata; 4) Coelenterata ; 5) Porifera ; 6) Rhodophyta ; 7) Phaeophyta ; 8) Chlorophyceae ; 9) Angiospermae ; 10) Other marketable species of Crustacea, Mollusca, Echinodermata and other invertebrates, and also algae, seaweed and other marine plants that may subsequently become marketable, shall be recorded as new species of fauna (flora) of the Russian Federation, shall populate the continental shelf of the Russian Federation and shall be acclimatized.