First record of the genus Beris Latreille (Diptera, Stratiomyidae) from Korea, with description of a new species

The subfamily Beridinae of the family Stratiomyidae contains about 280 known species globally, and distributed all over the biogeographical areas except polar region. In the Korean peninsula, the species diversity of this subfamily has been poorly known so far, in accordance with National species list of Korea by National Institue of Biological Resources. In this paper, the soldier fly genus Beris Latreille is reported for the first time from Korea based on following three species: B. fuscipes Meigen, B. hirotui Ôuchi, and B. tigris Lee and Suh, sp. nov. Among them, B. tigris Lee and Suh, sp. nov. was confirmed to be newly discovered. Consequently, three species within this genus have been identified from the Korean peninsula. The identification key, description, external photographs, and taxonomic notes of these Korean species are presented herein.

Biogenic Sulfur-Based Chalcogenide Nanocrystals: Methods of Fabrication, Mechanistic Aspects, and Bio-Applications

Bio-nanotechnology has emerged as an efficient and competitive methodology for the production of added-value nanomaterials (NMs). This review article gathers knowledge gleaned from the literature regarding the biosynthesis of sulfur-based chalcogenide nanoparticles (S-NPs), such as CdS, ZnS and PbS NPs, using various biological resources, namely bacteria, fungi including yeast, algae, plant extracts, single biomolecules, and viruses. In addition, this work sheds light onto the hypothetical mechanistic aspects, and discusses the impact of varying the experimental parameters, such as the employed bio-entity, time, pH, and biomass concentration, on the obtained S-NPs and, consequently, on their properties. Furthermore, various bio-applications of these NMs are described. Finally, key elements regarding the whole process are summed up and some hints are provided to overcome encountered bottlenecks towards the improved and scalable production of biogenic S-NPs.

Control system for aquatic biological resources in the northern fisheries basin of Russia

The study of the Russian fishery management system aims to determine the degree of readiness of the fishing industry to implement economic processes of access to aquatic biological resources in the country’s Northern fishery basin. A comparative analysis of fishery management systems in a market economy (fishery complex of Russia) and a planned economy of the USSR has been presented. It has been determined that the allocation of aquatic biological resources for industrial fishing is managed on the basis of Russian regulatory legal acts, and the implementation of the tasks of developing the fishery sector and ensuring the country’s food security is consistent with the implementation of the Basic State Policy of Russia. Key performance indicators of the fishing industry, the system of allocation of fishing (catch) quotas for aquatic biological resources based on the “historical principle” and the “auction system” have been presented. The aim of the study is to assess the being implemented plans for the total allowable catch development, and the desire of the fishery management system and business to increase the economic potential of the Russian fishery sector.

Impacts of Climate Change on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

The chapter illuminates the effect of climate change on biodiversity and ecosystem services. It also explains the present scenario of biological resources with biological diversity. The author describes the known biological resources and their uses with the help of flow chart and also shows the linkage among them. The author clearly explicates the inter-relationship between human activity, climate change, and biological diversity with charts. In the last section, the author talk about the effect on the paleo climate and impact of climate change on different parts of ecosystem services.

Situational-scenario approach to formation costs of production and technological activities of fishing vessels on voyage

Increasing the efficiency of tapping the aquatic biological resources by fishing vessels directly depends on the improvement of production and technological activities in the unpredictable field conditions. Like any production process, the production and technological activity of fishing vessels is associated with the occurrence of costs at all stages (phases) of the production process, the aggregate and structure of which depends on the fishing technological system of the fishing vessel. The stages of the production process form the main material flow, ensuring its end-to-end promotion. Its efficiency significantly affects the costs and management of field resources and should be achieved by minimizing material losses, primarily in the process of extracting raw materials. For this, it is necessary to study the field conditions in which the production and technological process takes place within the framework of the production vessel, determine their structure, variability, analyze the structure and composition of production costs at all phases of the production and technological process, develop a situational and scenario approach to the formation of production and technological activities of fishing vessels on a fishing trip. The costs arising in all subsystems (phases) and operating on a constant basis throughout the entire fishing period are proposed to be divided into several types of costs. Their interrelated and interdependent influence can give both a general determinism to the production process and increase its imbalance, increasing the total fishing costs of a producing vessel due to the emergence of additional costs associated with an unstable fishing situation in the fishing area. In this regard, the production activity on the fishing vessel is carried out according to the formed fishing and technological scenarios. The developed block diagram of the totality of fishing costs during the movement of the main material flow through the phases of the fishing and technological system of a fishing vessel gives a complete picture of the total fishing costs of a fishing vessel when it simultaneously performs the processes of extraction and processing of aquatic biological resources with a situational-scenario approach to their formation.

Observations on the Productivity of Breeding Specimens of Urtica dioica L. from European Russian Ecotopes in Comparison with the Breeding Variety under Field Crop Conditions

Nettle is most often studied as a spinning plant, as a source of biochemicals and environmentally safe fungicides. Major studies are mostly conducted on natural samples and plant populations. Prospects for the use of plant biological resources of stinging nettle (Urtica dioica L.) from the Cretaceous south of the Central Russian Upland to create cultivars for a wide range of applications are considered. The aim of the study is to investigate the productivity of fresh weight and its biochemical composition in the variety of stinging nettle Avicenna, created on the basis of the initial material selected in the Belgorod region of Russia and patented in 2019, and new promising cultivars UD 32/06 and UD 12/16. The experiments were carried out by the split plot method with full randomization in four replicates. The cultivars UD 32/06 and UD 12/16 reliably surpass the Avicenna cultivar in the collection of fresh mass weight by 16.6–22.7% and 23.1 to 27.8%, dry weight by 11.4–28.7% and 1.9–32.7%, and seeds by 19.7–32.0% and 23.2–40.0% accordingly. Analysis of variance showed a significant effect of the factor “Cultivar” on the productive traits “Fresh weight yield” (strength influence 87.2%), “Dry weight yield” (strength influence 43.9%), and “Seed yield” (h2x = 61.6%). The content of crude protein in dry weight of the Avicenna and new varieties is 21.1–24.2%, crude fat: 2.5–4.2%, fiber: 12.0–14.8%. High content of ascorbic acid, calcium, phosphorus, iron, and zinc were observed in all material tested. It is concluded that the biological resources of the wild-growing forms of Urtica dioica L. from the European south of Russia are a valuable source material for obtaining varieties, and varieties with high productivity of the aboveground mass and stable seed productivity. The obtained research results prove the usefulness of nettle cultivation.

Criminalistic characteristic of the offenders committing crimes related to the violation of the regulations governing aquatic biological resources

The article examines the criminalistic characteristic of the offenders committing crimes related to the violation of the regulations governing aquatic biological resources. The author forwards a hypothesis that the understanding of the personality of the environmental criminals affects the clearance rate of this type of crimes, therefore, summing up the general data, it is possible to derive a portrait of a criminal, relying on a certain model typical for all criminals of a given category, taking into account three aspects - generalized, group and individual. Based on the study, the author concludes that persons who breach protection of aquatic biological resources regulations are not typical, although they have common features that make it possible to classify the offender as a specific type of criminals and they are characterized by the inherent features of random criminals (first-time offenders as a result of coincidence), as well as unstable criminals (first-time offenders regularly evading social norms and previously committed offenses). The author’s analysis of the judicial and investigative practice of violations of aquatic biological resources regulations shows that, as a rule, a person commits crimes without planning them in advance. A guilty person decides to commit a misconduct already in the process of his activity, which is due to the relevant conditions: lack of proper control by supervisory authorities, lack of knowledge of the operational situation at the current time, the need to shorten the time frame for the accomplishment of the work, the use of equipment in production that does not meet modern safety and environment requirements, etc. The practical significance of the study lies in the possibility of applying knowledge about the personality typology of the subjects of violation of aquatic biological resources regulations in the preventive activities of the state bodies, in order not only to combat these violations, but also to prevent them.

On the safety management of fishing equipment and fishing technologies on sea fishing vessels

С учетом обстоятельств гибели морских рыболовных судов «Онега» (2020 г.) и «Дальний Восток» (2005 г.) выполнен обобщенный сравнительный анализ установленных нормативных требований к таким судам, включая применяемое промысловое оборудование, механизмы и устройства. Были изучены восемь отечественных и международных нормативных документов, содержащих отдельные технические требования к проектированию, строительству, наблюдению за постройкой рыболовных судов. Получено, что такого рода требования приводятся в самом общем виде, без какой-либо детализации. Требования из разных документов по одному и тому же параметру сравнивались по полноте и уровню обеспечения безопасности. Исследовано содержание Правил по охране труда при добыче (вылове), переработке водных биоресурсов и производстве отдельных видов продукции из водных биоресурсов, ОСТ 15.217-79 «Система стандартов безопасности труда. Суда промыслового флота. Оборудование промысловое. Требования безопасности», Правила классификации и постройки морских судов Российского морского регистра судоходства, Международные правила по безопасности рыболовных судов, Технические рекомендации по обеспечению здоровых и безопасных условий труда и обитания на промысловых судах при качке и заливаемости, Правила классификации и постройки малых рыболовных судов Российского морского регистра судоходства, Правила технического наблюдения за постройкой судов и изготовлением материалов и изделий для судов. Обоснована необходимость включения всего комплекса промыслового оборудования, механизмов, переоборудования морских рыболовных судов под технический контроль Российского морского регистра судоходства. Taking into account the circumstances of the sinking of the sea fishing vessels Onega (2020) and the Far East (2005), a generalized comparative analysis of the established regulatory requirements for such vessels, including the used fishing equipment, mechanisms and devices, was carried out. Eight national and international regulatory documents were studied, containing separate technical requirements for the design, construction, supervision of the construction of fishing vessels. It was found that such requirements are given in the most general form, without any detail. Requirements from different documents for the same parameter were compared in terms of completeness and level of security. The content of the Rules for labor protection during the extraction (catching), processing of aquatic biological resources and the production of certain types of products from aquatic biological resources, OST 15.217-79 “System of labor safety standards. Fishing fleet vessels. Fishing equipment. Safety Requirements ", Rules for the Classification and Construction of Sea-Going Ships of the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping, International Rules for the Safety of Fishing Vessels, Technical Recommendations for Ensuring Healthy and Safe Working Conditions and for Ensuring Heaving and Flooding on Fishing Vessels, Rules for the Classification and Construction of Small Fishing Vessels of the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping, Rules for Technical Supervision over the Construction of Ships and Manufacture of Materials and Products for Ships. The necessity of including the whole complex of fishing equipment, mechanisms, re-equipment of sea fishing vessels under the technical control of the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping has been substantiated.

Features ensuring food security for the population of the North and Arctic of Russia

The article reveals the northern and Arctic specifics of food security, including unfavorable conditions for agriculture, low provision of biological resources, a decrease in the level of self-sufficiency of the population in agricultural products, and a high dependence of food on imports. The author considers risks and threats to food security and measures to overcome them. The main directions of ensuring food security related to the availability of domestic and imported food products, improving the quality of life, and reducing the poverty of citizens are proposed.

The Development and State of Criminal Legislation on Responsibility for Smuggling Strategically Important Goods and Resources

The paper is devoted to monitoring the development in the Russian criminal legislation of responsibility for the illegal movement of strategically important goods and resources across the customs border of the Customs Union within the EurAsEC or the State border of the Russian Federation. At the same time, the author argues the correctness of the indication in the disposition of Art. 226.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation a State Border as a place of commission of the crime under consideration. The author provides a detailed list of strategically important goods and resources, since the establishment of the subject matter of a crime makes it possible to qualify the offense and differntiate criminal smuggling from smuggling the responsibility for which is envisaged only in administrative legislation. The author substantiates the statement according to which this type of smuggling infringes not on public safety, but on relations in the field of economic activity. Therefore, a proposal is made to return the criminal law rule to Ch. 22 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. At the same time, it is proposed to establish criminal liability for smuggling flora and fauna items classified as strategically important goods and resources in a separate article in the Chapter entitled "Environmental Crimes" with due regard to the social danger of this act. The liability should not be related to the value of the goods and resources being moved. Taking into account only the cost of biological resources in their protection under criminal law does not reflect the real social danger of these acts. The need for the protection of biological resources using criminal law instruments is caused not only and not so much by economic preconditions but by the need to preserve rare and endangered representatives of flora and fauna for future generations—the most important components of the ecosystem of the entire planet. The author draws conclusions largely aimed at observing the systematic nature of the criminal law due to the peculiarities of the object of the offence.