Integrated assessment of digital transformation of key sectors of the fisheries economy

The purpose: to perform an integrated assessment of the digital transformation of the fisheries complex, to evaluate the capabilities and contribution of the main sectors of the industry economy and fisheries basins in this process.
Methods used: the information base of the study consisted of statistical materials and reports of enterprises on the use of digital technologies. The main methods of the study were the indicator assessment based on the calculations of original subindices and the consolidated index of digital transformation; comparative analysis and comparison with the indicators and indices calculated for the economy as a whole.
Novelty: based on the developed methodology, an analysis of significant areas of digital transformation of the industry was carried out: competence support; infrastructure and financing of digitalization; use of end-to-end technologies of the digital economy; the level of digitalization of production and business processes for the fisheries complex as a whole, as well as for 1) its three sectors: fisheries, fish farming and processing of aquatic biological resources, and 2) fisheries basins.
Result: an integrated assessment of the digital transformation of the fisheries complex, its level in comparison with the general economic one, was obtained. The degree of digitalization and the possibilities of digital transformation for the main sectors of the fisheries economy and each fisheries basin were determined. Brief recommendations for the formation of industry policy and further research were given.
Practical significance: the possibility of wide application of the integrated index of digital transformation for the development of imperatives and adjustment of the industry strategy for digital transformation, as well as subindices and indicators in the analysis of the activities of enterprises in the main sectors of the fisheries economy, taking into account the territorial specifics. The methodology is applicable to any level of the organizational and economic structure of the fisheries complex.

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