Fisheries complex: concept, definition, structure

Abstract

Purpose: to clarify and concretize the conceptual apparatus that is necessary for the unification of concepts, preparation for further digitalization of the fisheries complex and the transition to new types and forms of management.

Method: methods were used, among which one can distinguish analytical, monographic and others, which are based on a dialectical approach to the study of socio-economic phenomena.

Novelty: a system of concepts and definitions has been formed that eliminate the ambiguity of the existing conceptual apparatus, the subject of discussion, and hence the lack of specificity and vagueness of the set targets. The transformation of concepts from “fisheries”, “fishing industry” to “fisheries complex” is traced.

Results: the structure, transformation of basic concepts and definitions in the agro-industrial and fisheries complexes of the country in retrospect and to the present are analyzed. The review of official sources, regulatory framework, development programs and scientific literature was conducted in order to evaluate the concepts of “fisheries” and “fisheries complex”. Within the framework of the analysis and independent research, clarifications and concretization of the conceptual apparatus are given. The rationale for the use of the concept — “fisheries complex” as an object of management and regulation of all processes related to obtaining fish products at all its stages, achieving food security of the country in terms of fish products and foreign trade activities, i. e. in a broad sense from “boat to counter”.