Russian per capita consumption of fish products in raw mass or marketable product weight: how to recalculate back and forth

Abstract

Aim. Find a simple way to transfer the average per capita consumption of fish products (kg/person/year) from the raw mass to the mass of marketable products and vice versa.Methods. Statistical processing of official data on the consumption of fish products in the USSR and the Russian Federation, published by Rosstat (Russian Federal State Statistics Service) and FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) for 58 years, was made using the least squares method.Results. Two-parameter equations are found that best describe the relationship between the average per capita consumption of fish products in the mass of raw fish and in the mass of commercial products ready for consumption, as well as coefficients for simplified approximate quick calculations of the mass of consumed raw fish by the mass of commercial products and the mass of consumed commercial products by mass of raw fish.Novelty. Based on the results of the original analysis of the material, a new method for recalculating the Russian per capita consumption of fish products in the mass of raw fish by the mass of consumed commercial products and vice versa was obtained for the first time.Practical significance. Restoration of long-term series of consumption and targets for food security, the efficiency of the functioning of the fishery complex, and the social policy of the state. The article may be useful to economists, marketers, sociologists, medicals, businessmen, officials and politicians.