Problems and Prospects of Atlantic Salmon Mariculture Development in the Russian Arctic

Annotation

The authors present the volume of Atlantic salmon farming in the world and in the Russian Arctic. It shows the reasons that hamper the development of salmonid mariculture in the Russian Arctic: the lack of own planting material adapted to Arctic waters, high-quality fodder, fish diseases and others. Objectives of the article: to show the peculiarities of natural and socio-economic conditions of mariculture development in the Russian Arctic and the impact of Atlantic salmon mariculture on import substitution. Relevance stems from the need to substantiate the sources of import substitution of salmon products. The most important results: the main factors that reduce the economic efficiency of growing and selling products were found; the possible causes of salmon diseases in the Russian Arctic and their impact on production processes were systematized, the possible impact of caged fish farming on the environment and on the population of salmon in the Arctic zone was shown. Practical significance: the article shows the influence of possible escapes of farmed salmon on the socio-economic conditions of the population of the Terskiy coast of the Murmansk region and the White Sea basin. It is proposed to introduce Atlantic GM salmon into the composition of genetically modified products. It is shown that import substitution is fully provided by Atlantic salmon mariculture and the supply of wild salmon from the Far East to the European part of Russia.

About authors

Anatoly M. VASILYEV, D.Sc. of Economic Sciences, Professor, Chief Researcher
Luzin Institute for Economic Studies — Subdivision of the Federal Research Centre “Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences” (IES KSC RAS), Apatity, Russia

Marina A. ALEKSANDROVA, Ph.D. of Biological Sciences
Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO), Moscow, Russia

Keywords

Russia, Arctic, Atlantic salmon, commercial farming, import substitution, prospects, problems

DOI

10.37482/issn2221-2698.2021.43.5

UDC

338.439.02(985)(045)