Kaju, made Estonia the best and the most up-to-date of tlie three Bakic reports. 



Latvia: Mr. Andris Ukis, Deputy Minister of Maritime Affairs, spent long hours during a visit to 

 Washington briefing the authors on tlie intricacies of Latvian fishery trends. 



Lithuania: Mr. Algirdas Rimas, Economic Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Vilnius, provided an informative 

 cable on tlie Lithuanian high-seas fleet that was tlie basis of our study. Also helpful were tlie insights of Mr. 

 Eugenius Shpelys, Director General of die Klaipeda fishing port. 



Russian Federation: Despite a request from the U.S. Embassy in Moscow to the State Committee on 

 Fisheries of the Russian Federation, information was not received in time for inclusion in this report. The 

 Russian chapter is based in its entirety on NMFS files and informative discussions with the current Russian 

 Fisheries Attache, Mr. Yuriy N. Bovykin, and the Assistant Attache, Viktor N. Solodovnik. The autliors 

 would like to take this occasion to thank their many friends in tlie Russian Federation for past support and 

 cooperation. 



Ukraine: Despite repeated requests from die U.S. Embassy in Kiev to the Ukrainian State Committee on 

 Fisheries, information was not received in time for inclusion in this report. Without the extensive files of 

 the Office of Naval Intelligence of the U.S. Navy, tliis chapter could not have been written. 



Georgia: Mr. Steve Carrig, Georgia Desk Officer, U.S. Department of State, assisted us in trying to obtain 

 the latest information on tlie Georgian high-seas fleet. Unfortunately, because of the political turmoil in tlie 

 country, it was impossible to get information in time for this report. 



Bulgaria: Mr. John Struble, Economic Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Sofia, provided helpful answers to 

 the many questions Uiat die authors had on the Bulgarian fleet. Many thanks also to Mr. Todor Ivanov of 

 Okeanski Ribolov for his cooperation. 



Poland: The U.S. Embassy in Warsaw transmitted updated statistics on the Polish high-seas fleet prepared 

 by die Department of Marine Fisheries in the Ministry of Transport and Maritime Economy which were the 

 most extensive and accurate of all the countries covered. Fonner Polish Fisheries Attache in the United 

 States, Mr. Edward Budzinski, provided helpful insights, and the audiors would like to thank him for his 

 long-term friendsliip and cooperation. We wish to thank Professor Zygniunt Polanski, the Director of the 

 Polish Marine Fisheries Institute, for his help in interpretating conflicting data. 



Romania: The U.S. Embassy in Bucharest provided an informative cable on Romanian shipyards. 



Former Yugoslavia: The Slovenian Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency, Dr. Ernest Petric, 

 kindly reviewed and commented on the Yugoslavian chapter. 



The authors were assisted in the preparation of the report by Charles Taylor, Tanya L. Rasa, and 

 Christine Parker. Doretha W^iite and Ruth Ware carefully typed many of the lengthy and complicated 

 appendices under the supervision of the Division Secretary, Carolyn MacDonald. Lance Samuels ably 

 prepared many graphics illustrating the text. Our colleagues, Dennis Weidner and Mark Wildman 

 contributed their well-researched insights on the operations of the covered countries' high-seas fleets in Latin 

 American and Asian countries. William Folsoni, the European Desk Officer in the Division, helped us 

 format the final report. Without his and Mark Wildman's dedicated assistance over the last weekend, this 

 report could not have been finished on time. The invaluable contributions made by the dedicated staff of 

 the Office of Naval Intelligence and the help of Frederick Beaudry, the Division Director, in obtaining 

 photographs and country maps, are greatly appreciated. 



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