Issues of improving state control (supervision) in the field of aquaculture

The paper presents an analysis of the state of legal regulation of state control (supervision) in the field of aquaculture (fish farming).Attention is drawn to the fact that the implementation of aquaculture (fish farming) carries not only an increase in food, economic and a number of other indicators, but also has an impact on the state of the environment, including a negative one. The relevance of the topic is due to the fact that the implementation of aquaculture (fish farming) has significant development potential in our country. This type of activity can make a significant contribution to solving the problems of food, environmental and economic security, and can be considered as a very significant factor in the development of rural areas of the Russian Federation. The development of aquaculture contributes to reducing the anthropogenic pressure on aquatic biological resources by reducing their catch. The issues of using attributes (signs) of aquaculture (fish farming) to cover up criminal activities related to illegal fishing of aquatic biological resources and the current procedure for state control (supervision) in this area are considered. Using general scientific and special methods (analysis, generalization, formal legal, comparative legal, etc.), the article examines strategic planning documents and regulatory legal acts on the regulation of the relations under consideration, and identifies certain inconsistencies between them. The doctrine of environmental law focuses on issues of countering violations of legislation in the field of environmental protection, protection of property of fish farms, etc. At the same time, there are no relevant works devoted to issues of state control (supervision) in the field of aquaculture (fisheries), which determines the novelty of the conducted research. It is emphasized that the development of aquaculture in the Russian Federation, in view of the importance of this branch of the economy for the country, requires both effective public administration and proper legal protection of the environment from the negative effects of fish farming. At the same time, the existing procedure does not allow for effective control over compliance with the requirements of environmental legislation in this area, which indicates the need to develop a special procedure for state control (supervision) in the field of aquaculture and modernize legal regulation in the fields of fisheries and fish farming.