Relationship between the Russian fishing fleet and domestic ports as the core for performing its state mission

Abstract

The article provides a rationale for the main task of the Russian fishing fleet to implement the Food Security Doctrine of the Russian Federation under the terms of public-private partnership. The paper describes changes in the activities of the fishing fleet in the Northern fishery basin that were caused by the process of operating in the market economy environment, the way these factors impact on the activities of subsidiary and service companies, as well as the development of enterprises and companies involved in the fishery sector. The paper provides the reasons for the low availability and quality of domestic fish products for the population in the Arctic region. In connection with the predominantly export-oriented trends in the fishing industry of the Murmansk region affecting the calls of trawlers at Russian ports it was concluded that there was a need for a national policy regulating these closely related processes. The article justifies measures to improve the relationship between fishing vessels and domestic ports in the Arctic region. To increase the supply of raw fish and fish semi-finished products for coastal fish processing factories, as well as to increase a number of high-level processed fish products, it was suggested to use medium fishing freezer trawlers (MFFT, according to the classification adopted by PINRO) according to the rules of coastal fishing. The paper provides assessment for possible impacts from the delivery of fish products by “non-call” fishing vessels (i.e. fishing vessels that did not perform customs declaring procedures) on the level of economic activities in the fisheries industry. Expert assessments for the costs of repairing “non-call” fishing vessels abroad are provided as well. The paper provides estimates of additional tax investments into the Russian national budget from the Murmansk ship-repair factories in case servicing of “non-call” fishing vessels is provided in the Russian Federation. Refocusing of fish landings will provide a fisheries cluster in the Northern Basin.