Ecological Safety of Coastal and Shelf Zones of Sea (Ekologicheskaya Bezopasnost' Pribrezhnoy i Shel'fovoy Zon Morya) Journal has been published since 2018 and succeeds collection of research papers Ecological Safety of Coastal and Shelf Zones of Sea published from 1999 and up to 2015 named Ecological Safety of Coastal and Shelf Zones and Comprehensive Use of Shelf Resources ISSN 1726-9903 (Ekologicheskaya Bezopasnost' Pribrezhnoy i Shel'fovoy Zon i Kompleksnoe Ispol'zovanie Resursov Shel'fa).

The Journal was founded by academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Dr.Sci. (Phys.-Math.), professor, director (2000–2014) of Marine Hydrophysical Institute Vitaliy A. Ivanov, who was the Journal's editor-in-chief for over 20 years.

In 2018, collection of research papers Ecological Safety of Coastal and Shelf Zones of Sea was transformed into a same-named scientific journal.