How to Achieve an Increase in the National Economic Return from the Fishing Industry

Abstract

 The paper analyzes the extent to which significant price increases for fish products in the period after 2013 are justified. Since 2015, wholesale prices have increased to the level of export prices. Moreover, the fishing industry enjoys large state preferences in taxation and fees for bioresources. Because of miscalculations in state regulation of the industry, Russian fishing vessels prefer not to call at Russian ports – they unload their catches, make repairs and be serviced in foreign ports. As a result, there is a shortage of fish products on the domestic market, accompanied by rising prices. Service production and ship repair have fallen into disrepair. To correct this situation, the author proposes to change the order of charging for bioresources – to cancel it for those vessels that unload in Russia and increase it for those who export catch in excess of the volumes needed to implement the Doctrine of Food Security.