Baltic Republics, but nothing to Ukraine. At 

 the subsequent NAFO annual meeting in 

 October 1993, the Russian Federation 

 obtained the 1994 catch allocation of 32,000 

 t, but its division among former Soviet 

 republics has not yet been negotiated as of 

 this writing. 



Chile: Ukrainian companies are believed to 

 be participating in Kerchval, S.A., a $4.5 

 million joint venture negotiated by Soviet 

 officials. The Chilean partners are Sodimin 

 Ltd., Serpor S.A., and Conico, S.A. The 

 joint venture will operate two 3,000-GRT 

 stern factory trawlers that have been 

 transferred from the former-Soviet fleet and 

 reflagged in Chile. Kerchval will catch, 

 process, and market fishery products (fresh, 

 frozen, and canned) in international markets, 

 including those of Eastern Europe.'- 



The Chilean firm, Compafiia de 

 Inversiones also signed a joint venture 

 agreement with the Soviet Fishermen's Union 

 of Kerch, which is in Ukraine.'' The authors 

 believe that Ukrainian companies have taken 

 over this venture, but have no specific 

 information. 



The Gambia: The U.S. Embassy in Banjul, 

 the Gambia, transmitted in June 1993, a list 

 of fishing licenses issued by the Gambian 

 Government to foreign-owned vessels during 

 the past 7 years. Among these were 3 "Kiev" 

 vessels (in addition to 4 "Kaliningrad" 

 vessels). It is presumed that the "Kiev" 

 vessels belong to what is now the Ukrainian 

 fishing fleet, but unfortunately no information 

 is available on when they fished there, their 

 names and catch, or whether these operations 

 are continuing at the present time. 



Mauritania: The Government of Ukraine 

 concluded a bilateral fisheries agreement with 



the Mauritanian Government on 11 April 

 1993. The agreement concerns the 

 development of marine fishing, scientific and 

 technical research, training, the repair of 

 fishery vessels, and the creation and 

 promotion of joint fishing companies.-^ 



Nigeria: In early 1992, the Odessa fishing 

 company. Atoll, concluded a contract with the 

 Nigerian company Lanny, creating the Lanny- 

 Atoll fisheries joint venture. This contract 

 was supposed to allow 3 Ukrainian vessels to 

 fish in the Nigerian 200-mile zone, but, upon 

 arrival in Port Harcourt, the vessels 

 apparently encountered "red tape" which 

 prevented them from carrying out fishing 

 operations. The vessels and their crews of 24 

 Ukrainian fishermen languished in Nigeria for 

 several months, and by June 1992, several 

 fishermen had contracted malaria. Ukraine's 

 lack of proper diplomatic and economic 

 support in Nigeria meant that the sick 

 fishermen remained there almost another 2 

 months before being saved by the local 

 Russian Embassy, which arranged for the 21 

 sick crew members and 3 dead bodies to be 

 flown back to Kiev.^' 



VI. FISHERY COMPANIES 



In 1991, before the dissolution of the 

 Soviet Union, the major state-owned 

 organizations under the jurisdiction of the 

 Soviet Southern Fisheries Administration, 

 YUGRYBA, and located in the Soviet 

 Socialist Republic of Ukraine, were: 

 Antarktika, Atlantika, Kerchrybprom, 

 Sevazrybprom, Novorossiiskrybprom, 

 Yugrybsudoremont, Yugrybtechtsentr, 

 Yugrybtranssbyt, and Yugrybpoisk (appendix 

 6)." It is not known whether a privatization 

 campaign is underway to convert these 



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