Towards a precautionary fisheries management in Russia?

The article recounts major developments in the Russian system for fisheries management since the break-up of the Soviet Union and evaluates the system according to the criteria put forward by the precautionary approach to fisheries management. The approach has not been incorporated into Russian fisheries law, and post-Soviet Russian fisheries management has been troubled by incomplete legislation, institutional conflict and rumors of corruption. On the positive side, it is well-equipped in terms of technical and scientific competence and has the flexibility for prompt redeployment of monitoring and enforcement resources.