Method of assessing the economic availability of fish products to ensure food security

Food security means the availability of food for everyone in society, among other things. Therefore, one of the goals of food security management is to ensure the functioning of the market mechanism, when a balance is achieved between the demand and supply of food and a socially acceptable level of its consumption is ensured.. The purpose of the paper is to develop food security management tools in the Russian Federation designed to assess the state and develop recommendations for improving the economic availability of fish products. The research methodology is based on a combination of the concept of welfare and microeconomic analysis, when economic accessibility is characterized by certain market parameters. The paper examines models of demand for fish products, which then serve to assess accessibility from the point of view of private and general welfare using the model of economic surplus. The obtained results allowed us to propose directions for making managerial decisions in the field of food security aimed at increasing the availability of fish products.