Photo 1. Romania has 20 modem stern factory trawlers of the PROMOTEI class (3,900GRT). They were 

 built in East Germany and Romania around 1980. 



season, however, only 13 vessels out of the 

 total 23 units were active in Black Sea 

 fisheries."^ 



Unless serious measures are implemented to 

 remedy the situation, this fishery will yield 

 less and less to Romanian fishermen. 



Romania's Black Sea coastal fishery does 

 not contribute substantially to the country's 

 overall fisheries catch (appendix 7, FAO 

 statistical area 37). Even in 1986, Romania's 

 best year for "coastal" catch, the Black Sea 

 fishery contributed less than 6 percent of the 

 total annual catch, while the inland (lakes, 

 rivers, ponds, aquaculture, etc.) fisheries 

 catch represented over 24 percent. The Black 

 Sea has been becoming increasingly polluted 

 and less favorable to commercial fishing. 



m. SHIPYARDS 



Romania has eight shipyards -- six on the 

 Danube and the two largest ones on the Black 

 Sea. They build a wide range of vessels for 

 both foreign and domestic markets. 



Most Romanian fishing and fishery 

 support vessels were built in the shipyards of 

 other communist countries (see appendix 1 for 



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