DOI: 10.7256/2454-0668.2017.6.24936

Abstract: The object of this research is the fish farming of the Russian Federation as a basic source of resource provision of its food market. The subject is the combination of socioeconomic relations of the actors of fish farming activity and society in the area of ensuring food security. The authors meticulously examine the impact of the Russian fish farming upon the national food security within the framework of system, multicomponent approach leaning on the fish farming inventory indexes (production volume, bioresource potential, anthropogenic threats), availability of fish products and its consumption (quality and safety). The information base of this research contains the official  conceptual documents and normative legal acts of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, Russian Federal Agency for Fishery, expert evaluations and calculations of the Russian and foreign scholars published in the scientific literature. The article demonstrates the high level self-sufficiency of the country with regards to fish products and independence of the food supply from imports. The treats to food security are hidden in the three aspects: quantitative (export orientation of the Russian fish product manufacturers; decline in production volume of some types of fish products; low fish farming harvest); socioeconomic (deterioration of the conditions of economic affordability of food due to the price increase and drop in people’s income with simultaneous formation of the new consumer habits in our society); and quality-certification (infiltration of market by products of questionable quality and authenticity). The author suggests the measures on ensuring food security of the Russian Federation pertinent to fish and seafood products.

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0668.2017.4.23170

Abstract: The object of this research is the status of economic security of the seaport economy as an essential element of the transportation and logistics system of Primorsky Krai. Assessment of the current level of development of the seaports, identification of the key issues of their functionality, determination of the promising directions in development of the seaport infrastructure will allow to better understand the threats in establishing the efficient system of ensuring the economic security of the entire Russian transportation system under the modern circumstances, as well as contribute into the enrichment of state policy in the area of seaport economy with valuable knowledge. Using the SWOT-analysis, the author carries out an evaluation of the strong and weak sides of the seaport economy of the region, reveals the factors that destabilize its economic security identifies the threats, and suggests the measures for its overcoming. It is clarified that the main barrier on the path to integration of the seaport economy of Primorsky Krai into the Pacific Rim lies in the low throughput capacity of the railways.