ESTIMATION OF FISH RESOURCES VALUE AS A TOOL REGULATION OF NATURAL RESOURSES USE IN KAZAKHSTAN

Abstract

The economic (price) assessment of biological resources is necessary for the
transition in Kazakhstan to the long-term consolidation of reservoirs (sites) for
fisheries purposes on the basis of an auction to determine the starting price. This
requires a cost estimate of specific water bodies (sites) in relation to biological
resources. The analysis and inventory of data on the biomass of commercial fish
species in the fishing water bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in particular,
Lake Zhaisan and the Kapshagai reservoir, have been carried out. A preliminary
calculation of the cost of aquatic biological resources in each of the studied water
bodies has been carried out. The biomass of the commercial (spawning) stock of
commercial objects in the studied reservoirs was: Lake Zhaisan - 42653 tons,
Kapshagai reservoir - 4333 tons. A preliminary assessment of the cost of biological
resources has been made: Lake Zhaisan - 4073 million tenge, Kapshagai reservoir -
589 million tenge. When securing reservoirs, an important point is to determine the
starting price for each reservoir (site). Proposals have been developed for
calculating the initial (starting) price for the right to fish, taking into account the
amount of resources, the area of the reservoir (site) and its commercial fish
productivity. It was proposed to enter coefficients reflecting the area of the
reservoir, its fish productivity and the number of years of consolidation (lease).