Towards sustainable development of the marine industrial fishing

Abstract

Sustainable development of marine fisheries is a process of formation in society of such a socio-economic system of preferences and knowledge, which is able to resolve the set of contradictions that arise during economic growth. Among them are contradictions between: nature and society, ecology and economy, global economy and national interests, present and future generations, rich and poor countries, etc. Mitigation of rapidly growing contradictions is possible only with the implementation in practice of a new strategy of managed, supported, regulated development with qualitative improvement of fishing technologies. The article discusses the features of fishing as a type of economic activity that determine a system of criteria for measuring its sustainability. In conclusion, the article presents the tasks of scientific support for improving the sustainability of marine fisheries formulated in FAO documents, which should be solved in the context of the following problems: 1) ensuring the environmental sustainability of global and regional fisheries; 2) ensuring the sustainability of the livelihoods of fishing communities; 3) ensuring the economic sustainability of fisheries.