Institutional Change and the Problems of Restructuring the Russian Fishing Industry

Nilssen, Frode; H⊘nneland, Geir

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“…As a consequence, many of the distant fishing grounds that Russia used to exploit earlier became significantly less accessible. 11 There are a few exceptions though, where some coastal states contract out parts of their quotas and receive a part of the catch in exchange. Russia has, notwithstanding, seen a large decrease in its fishing industry.…”

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Chapter 5: Russia’s Role in International Fish and Seafood Trade

Nilssen

2021

Palgrave Advances in Bioeconomy: Economics and Policies

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This chapter sheds light on Russia’s changed role in the international seafood trade system and discusses to what extent the new more export-oriented turn is sustainable. Russia’s seafood trade policy has changed significantly over time, from directing just about all of the production to the domestic market during the Soviet period, to increasingly pursuing a dual strategy as both an importer and exporter from 2000 onwards. The first section gives a brief account of Soviet-era seafood production and trade. The second part offers a perspective on seafood trade during the early post-Soviet period. The third part examines how the introduction of Food Security Doctrines and the 2014 embargo have influenced Russia’s seafood trade. The final section provides an outlook for the future. Similar to agriculture, concerns over food security are likely to lead to a reduced role as a seafood importer and a larger role as a seafood exporter. The structure of Russia’s seafood exports will continue to tilt towards Asian markets, with European markets assuming a secondary role.

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Chapter 5: Russia’s Role in International Fish and Seafood Trade

Nilssen

2021

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“…1 See Nilssen and Hønneland (2001) for a recent overview of the post-Soviet restructuring of the Northwest Russian fishing industry. 2 Admittedly, Soviet fishers were rewarded for over-fulfilling the production plans, but their personal economic gains were far smaller than is the case today.…”

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Implementing international environmental agreements in Russia

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Jørgensen²

2018

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Important Northwest Russian sites in a nuclear safety context 111 6.1 Location of the RAO Norilsk Nickel companies and shipment route from Norilsk to the Kola Peninsula 147 6.2 Approximate forest damage zones in the vicinity of Monchegorsk and Nikel and the visible-damage zones on the Kola Peninsula and in Finnish Lapland 149 1 1.1 International obligations of the Russian Federation requiring implementation in its northwestern region page 14 3.1 Employment by main firm and population in some towns of Murmansk Oblast 58 4.1 The main user groups in the Northwest Russian fishing industry 75 4.2 The main decision-making bodies of Northwest Russian fisheries and governmental bodies and user groups represented in them 93 5.1 Number of ships in the Northern Fleet in 1991 and 1998 5.2 CTR accomplishments and projections (as of

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“…This collapse in fish production has largely escaped comment to date. While Nilssen & Hønneland (2001) noted that the process of transition affected the Russian fishing industry, their study was restricted to institutional change in the north-western fishing region. Van Anrooy et al (2004) attributed the decline to fleet contraction and obsolescence, the collapse of Pacific pilchard stocks and reduced distant water fishing (case of Russian Federation), subsidy reduction, reduced investment and obsolescence (case of the Ukraine), although their thrust was to examine the extent to which the fisheries sector featured in national development plans across the region.…”

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Strategies for the rehabilitation of the inland fisheries sector in Central Asia

Thorpe

Anrooy²

2010

Fisheries Management Eco

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The dismantling of the Soviet Union and the corresponding independence of the Central Asian states in the early 1990s had severe economic consequences for the Central Asian Region. The transition from command to free-market economies was (and sometimes still is) accompanied by dramatic contractions in production in virtually all primary resource sectors. However, arguably the most catastrophic and ongoing declines in output were to be found in the fisheries sector. This study shows how a combination of ecological (most notably the introduction of alien invasive species and pollution), economic (increasing abstraction of water for irrigation and power generating purposes), social (increased impoverishment following the removal of employment guarantees) and governance (collapse of local management structures, decrease of support to the sector and deterioration of trade relationships with neighbouring countries) affected fisheries production and consumption in the Central Asian transition economies. In the light of these findings, some general observations as how this decline might be arrested or reversed are provided.

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Institutional Change and the Problems of Restructuring the Russian Fishing Industry

Cited by 8 publications

References 13 publications

Chapter 5: Russia’s Role in International Fish and Seafood Trade

Chapter 5: Russia’s Role in International Fish and Seafood Trade

Implementing international environmental agreements in Russia

Strategies for the rehabilitation of the inland fisheries sector in Central Asia

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