the total catch, was processed and marketed 

 to the Ukrainians. 



Unfortunately, the Ukrainian statistics do 

 not include information on the catch by 

 species or by fishing areas. One can only 

 presume that the Ukrainian fishermen were 

 harvesting their catch in approximately the 

 same areas as in previous years. 



B. Fishing Grounds 



Ukraine continues to fish in the world's 

 oceans, but has recently reduced its operations 

 considerably. Since 1991, Ukrainian 



fishermen no longer fish off Chile and Peru. 

 Similarly, operations off Morocco have been 

 suspended because Ukraine has been unable to 

 conclude a bilateral fisheries agreement 

 similar to the one the Soviet Union had with 

 Morocco. ■* 



Northeast Atlantic (FAO statistical area 



27): In August 1993, the famous fish factory 

 mothership, Vostok, the largest in the world 

 (26,400 CRT), was anchored off Lerwick in 

 the Shetland Islands (Scotland) to buy supplies 

 of pelagic fish to process. "^' The Vostok is 

 owned by the ANTARKTIKA company of 

 Odessa. 



Antarctica (FAO statistical area 18): 



Ukrainian vessels have been fishing in the 

 Antarctic waters, mostly for krill, in the area 

 of the Convention on Conservation of 

 Antarctic Marine Living Resources 

 (CCAMLR) for several years. 



During the 1991/1992 fishing season (July 

 1, 1991 - June 30, 1992), the vessels of the 

 Soviet Southern Fisheries Administration 

 (YUGRYBA) operated 38 vessels in the 

 CCAMLR area. Of this total, 9 vessels 

 belonged to YUGRYBPOISK, 16 to the 



Atlantika company, 6 to the Antartika 

 company, and 7 to KERCHRYBPROM." 



During the 1993 Antarctic season 

 (January 1 - June 30), 8 Ukrainian vessels 

 harvested fish in the Antarctic Convention 

 Area. The Atlantika company operated 5 

 vessels (3 ATLANTIKs and 2 

 ANTARKTIDA-class stern trawlers), 

 YUGRYBPOISK sent out 2 vessels (an 

 ATLANTIK stern factory trawler and a 

 ZHELEZNYAKOV medium trawler) and the 

 Antarktika company had one medium trawler 

 of ZHELEZNYAKOV class catching krill. '^ 



Southwestern Pacific (FAO statistical area 



81): Ukrainian fishermen have allegedly been 

 fishing in a prohibited area 25 miles off the 

 South Islands' western coast. In late 1992, 

 one Ukrainian trawler and one Georgian 

 trawler were seized by New Zealand fishery 

 enforcement patrols. The Ukrainian vessel, 

 Aleksey Slobodchikov, was released, but the 

 owners had to post a bond of NZ$ 2.5 

 million. The fate of the Georgian trawler 

 (Bratya Stoyanovy) is not known. '^ 



Southeast Atlantic (FAO statistical area 



47): Ukraine conducted fishing operations in 

 the southeastern Atlantic off Africa until 

 Namibia became independent in 1990, and 

 subsequently declared a 200-mile Exclusive 

 Economic Zone (EEZ). Soon after, a 

 moratorium on fishing in Namibia's EEZ was 

 announced. The last Ukrainian fishing effort 

 in Namibian waters was from March to 

 December 1991, when YUGRYBA operated 

 19 trawlers there.''* 



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