Petropavlovsk-Kamchatka. The founders of 

 the J/V were the Bulgarian state fishing 

 company RIBNO STOPANSTVO (its 

 successor in the venture is OKEANSKI 

 RIBOLOV), and the Russian fisheries 

 company KAMCHATRYBPROM. The J/V 

 leases the Bulgarian trawler Feniks to process 

 fish delivered by Kamchatkan fishermen.'^ In 

 May 1993, the vessel was undergoing 

 maintenance and minor repairs in the shipyard 

 docks of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskii.'* It is 

 rumored that the Bulgarians plan to sell the 

 vessel to a Kamchatka company for hard 

 currency. 



Cyprus: In the last 2 years, Russia reflagged 

 to Cyprus 9 Norwegian-built large stern 

 factory trawlers (NEVELSK-class, 1,899 

 CRT) all of which were built in 1990 and 

 1991, and I East German-built refrigerated 

 cargo vessel (KARL LIBKNEKHT class, 

 11,755 CRT) built in 1990. The U.S. Navy 

 lists the KARL LIBKNEKHT and at least 2 

 of the NEVELSKs as still owned by Russia. 



Denmark: The City Council of St. Petersburg 

 has recently requested the help of the Danish 

 Government in maintaining the city 

 orphanages. The Danes responded by 

 donating canned herring which is trucked 

 directly to the City Council (under guard). 

 These goods are then sold and the proceeds 

 assigned to the budget for the orphans. 



Faroe Islands: Russia recently concluded a 

 bilateral fisheries access agreement with the 

 Faroe Islands giving Russian fishermen a 

 1993 catch quota of 140,000 t of blue whiting 

 in the Faroese 200-mile zone. In exchange, 

 the Faroese fishermen received 1993 catch 

 quotas of 30,000 t of various species they 

 could catch in Russian waters.'*'* 



Greenland: Greenland suspended plans for a 

 bilateral fisheries agreement with the Soviet 

 Union on January 13, 1991, following the 

 aggressive actions of the Soviet military in 

 Lithuania. 



After the disintegration of the Soviet 

 Union in December 1991, however, 

 Greenland renewed talks with Russia in 

 Copenhagen. An agreement was signed by 

 Russia, Greenland, and Denmark on February 

 24, 1992. The agreement provides for joint 

 fishing in Greenland's and the Barents Sea's 

 fishing zones with a 1992 catch allocation of 

 about 40,000 metric tons. These allocations 

 were divided up as follows: the Greenlanders 

 have obtained an 8,500 metric tons (t) catch 

 quota in the Barents Sea (mostly cod, 

 haddock, plaice, and 3,000 t of shrimp). In 

 return, the Russian fishermen have obtained 

 31,400 t of fish in Greenland's (Danish) 200- 

 mile zone. The most important species 

 allocated to the Russians were: blue whiting 

 (10,000 t), ocean perch (9,000 t), and 

 Greenland halibut (6,000 t). In addition, the 

 Russians have committed themselves to sell 

 Greenland in 1992 at least 4,000 t of cod, 

 which would be helpful to the Greenland fish 

 processing industry; several fish processing 

 plants have experienced severe shortages of 

 cod deliveries. '°° 



Norway: In March 1992, Norway and Russia 

 signed an umbrella agreement in Oslo 

 regarding bilateral cooperation in fisheries, 

 research, and environmental protection. The 

 two sides agreed to cooperate in the 

 preservation and rational use of marine life in 

 the Barents Sea, in the prevention of oil 

 pollution in the Barents Sea, and in promptly 

 notifying the other of nuclear accidents. The 

 two sides also agreed to cooperate in polar 

 research of the Arctic and to open a Russian 

 Federation Consulate General in Tromso and 



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