The situation with prices and their influence on the consumption of fish products (based on the example of fisheries in the Northern basin)
https://doi.org/10.36038/0131-6184-2025-4-29-36
EDN: MJDIOE
Abstract
Fish and seafood play a key role in ensuring the food security of the country. The main indicators determining the economic availability of fish products for the population are prices and purchasing power. Over the past 11 years, there has been a low level of fish consumption despite the growth in production of these products. The main reason for this situation has been the excess of fish product export volumes over the established norms of the Food Security Doctrine, as well as high prices that do not correspond to the purchasing power of citizens. In response to this issue, the Government of the Russian Federation has developed and approved a Roadmap aimed at increasing fish consumption among the population.
About the Authors
A. M. Vasilyev
G.P. Luzin Institute of Economic Problems – a separate division of the Federal Research Center «Kola Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences»
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Anatoly M. Vasilyev – Doctor of Economics, Professor, Honored Economist of the Russian Federation, Chief Researcher
184209, Apatity, Murmansk region, Fersman Street, 14
E. A. Lisunova
G.P. Luzin Institute of Economic Problems – a separate division of the Federal Research Center «Kola Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences»
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Evgeniya A. Lisunova – research engineer
184209, Apatity, Murmansk region, Fersman Street, 14
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Vasilyev A.M., Lisunova E.A. The situation with prices and their influence on the consumption of fish products (based on the example of fisheries in the Northern basin). Fisheries. 2025;1(4):29-36. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.36038/0131-6184-2025-4-29-36. EDN: MJDIOE
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