Abstract: The research subject is the development of hunting as an economic activity in Khabarovsk region on the basis of sustainable development principles. The authors analyze the hunting sector figures in the Russian Federation and Khabarovsk region. The authors conclude about the existence of significant hunting resources, some of which are not used, in Khabarovsk region. The research shows that legal regulation plays an important role in the process of forming the system of the hunting sector management. The authors prove that the development of hunting as as economic activity provides the range of positive external effects in the regional socio-ecological-economic system. The authors apply the following research methods: analysis and synthesis, the logical method, classification, formalization, the systems method, statistical, functional, structural and economic analysis. The topicality of the research is determined by the necessity to improve social, economic, ecological and legal conditions of hunting, the need for protection, reproduction and preservation of hunting resources, and the need for modernization of the modern nature management mechanism. The authors come to the conclusion that it is economically reasonable to invest into the development of hunting as an economic activity in Khabarovsk region, and prove the necessity to create the modern hunting infrastructure.

Keywords: quotas, limits, sustainable hunting, natural resources, hunting infrastructure, biodiversity, game, hunting areas, Khabarovsk region, hunting sector