ENDNOTES 



1. This figure probably included the families of the fishermen since, in December 1992, the Latvian Ministry of 

 Maritime Affairs estimated the 1989 employment in the fisheries sector at 30,000 persons. By 1993, this 

 number had decreased to 25,200 persons. (See appendix 6 for details.) 



2. FAO. Fishery Country Profile. Latvia. Rome, 1992. 



3. Nordic Investment Bank, Baltic study, September 1991. 



4. The main source for the 1991 section is the Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) study. 



5. The figure of 79 high-seas fishing vessels, obtained from an unpublished report of the Latvian Ministry of 

 Maritime Affairs, may not be the total number of such vessels. FAO gives the total number of Latvian high- 

 seas vessels as 89 trawlers in 1991. For the same year, the Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) counted 91 units in 

 the high-seas trawler fleet. 



6. Radio Riga, 12 July 1991. 



7. Latvian Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Personal Communication, December 1992. 



8. The total number of fishery support vessels in the Latvian fleet is uncertain. This is, in part, because various 

 sources mention them under different classifications. The NIB lists 31 fish-processing vessels and 21 

 refrigerated transports. FAO, on the other hand, lists 20 "cargo vessels" and 30 fish-processing units. An 

 updated FAO profile of Latvian fisheries (using new statistics supplied by the Latvian Sea Fisheries Research 

 Institute) lists 16 fishery cargo and 23 fish-processing vessels. In July 1993, the U.S. Navy listed 14 

 refrigerated fish transports and 2 general cargo fish transports which corresponds with the figure given by the 

 Latvian Sea Fisheries Research Institute for "fishery cargo" vessels. The 9 vessels listed by Lloyd's as of 

 December 31, 1992, reflect additional reductions of these vessels. A complete and reliable picture, however, 

 can only be obtained from the Latvian Ministry of Transportation. Unfortunately, requests for clarification were 

 unanswered. 



9. The Sedov (3,709 GRT) was built in 1921 in Germany. It was seized by the Soviet Armed Forces in 1945, 

 and converted into a training ship for fisheries and merchant marine cadets. 



10. Faroese Statistical Bulletin, May 1993. 



11. Radio Russia, 27 January 1993. 



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