individual vessels, so that the decommissioned 

 vessels could not be identified by comparing 

 them with the detailed information provided 

 by the U.S. Navy (appendix 1). 



Lloyd's Register of Shipping reports the 

 Ukrainian fishery fleet at 295 units on 

 December 31, 1992. Of this total, 272 were 

 fishing vessels and 23 fishery support vessels. 

 The gross tonnage of these vessels was not 

 identified and it is likely that all vessels have 

 over 100 gross tons. The best explanation for 

 the larger number of vessels seems to be that 

 the Ukrainians did not notify Lloyd's of all 

 decommissioned vessels. 



A. High-seas Fleet 



According to the U.S. Navy, the 

 Ukrainian high-seas fishery fleet consisted of 

 247 units in July 1993 (appendix 1). Of this 

 total, 232 units were medium and large 

 trawlers, refrigerated transports, and 

 baseships and processing vessels of various 

 classes. Another 14 units were training and 

 research vessels, and there was one tanker. 

 The vast majority of these vessels were built 

 in the shipyards of the former Soviet Union 

 and the former East Germany. The average 

 age of the Ukrainian high-seas fleet was 14 

 years for fishing vessels and 17 years for 

 fishery support vessels. 



B. Vessel Classes 



The Ukrainian fleet has 47 various classes 

 of fishing and fish-processing vessels 

 (appendix 2). Most of them were built in the 

 former Soviet Union (which included 

 Ukrainian shipyards), in Poland, and in the 

 former East Germany. Several tankers were 

 built in Finland, while large processing stern 

 trawlers (SKRYPLEV and REMBRANDT 

 classes) were ordered from Denmark and the 



Netherlands, respectively. The stern factory 

 trawlers of the N. KOVCHOVA class, 

 probably the largest such trawlers in the 

 world, were constructed in the Nantes 

 shipyard in France. 



C. Fleet Reduction 



In 1993, Ukraine reduced its fishing fleet 

 register by 6 vessels; 5 were reflagged to 

 other countries, and 1 was decommissioned 

 (appendix 3). These 6 vessels represented a 

 total reduction of 18,945 gross registered 

 tons. A mothership, the Piatidesiatilet SSSR 

 and the medium trawler, Aldebaran, were 

 turned over to the Russian Federation. A 

 small trawler, Nalle, was reflagged to 

 Estonia, a small factory trawler was reflagged 

 to Malta', while a large stern factory trawler 

 now flies the Panamanian flag. One trawler, 

 the Al Audem, has been inactive since 29 

 January 1993. All of these vessels were built 

 in Ukraine and are 15-20 years old.^ As far 

 as is known, none of these vessels was 

 scrapped. 



D. Domestic Shipyards 



Ukraine has several shipyards which build 

 fishery vessels; most are located in the 

 southern city of Nikolaev on the Black Sea, 

 but there is also a large shipyard in Kiev and 

 in other cities (appendix 4). These shipyards 

 construct a variety of trawlers and fishery 

 support vessels, including the PULKOVSKII 

 MERIDIAN-class of large freezer-trawlers^ 

 the ANTARKTIDA-class of large stern 

 factory trawlers^ and the BUKHTA 

 RUSSKAYA-class of refrigerated cargo 

 vessels^. A list of all known classes built in 

 Ukrainian shipyards (which were formerly 

 constructing fishery vessels for the entire 

 Soviet Union) is given in appendix 4. This 

 list is by no means complete, but it does give 



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