This article is devoted to consideration of the issues of formation of accounting policies in the organization of accounting for agricultural activities. In particular, the article presents opinions, approaches and proposals on the concept of accounting policy, its structure, the procedure for reflecting agricultural activities in accounting policies. Relevant conclusions have been formulated in reliance upon the results of the study.

In this article, the issues of justifying the methodological aspects of the application of the IAS "Agriculture" in fisheries are covered. In particular, in relation to biological assets in fisheries, the rules for their recognition have been formulated based on the general rules of the IAS No. 41 "Agriculture"; directions for improving production cost accounting and product costing in fisheries in accordance with IAS No. 41 are indicated, and biological assets and products derived from them are categorized. Also, the use of international experience in the evaluation and accounting of fishery products made it possible to meet the requirements of the IAS and to integrate (harmonize) with the international community.