Photo 1. Poland built 11 large stern factory trawlers of tlie KALMAR class (2,400GRT) for its distant- 

 water fishing operations. 



These data were confirmed by official 

 Polish statistics which were received through 

 the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw only a few days 

 before the final draft was typed. They show 

 that, at the end of 1992, the Polish fleet of 

 high-seas vessels numbered 66 units (appendix 

 5). Among these were 34 fishery vessels 

 having over 2,500 gross registered tons. If 

 we deduct from this figure the 13 fishery 

 transport and processing vessels listed in 

 appendix 6^ we obtain the actual number of 

 Polish stern factory trawlers at the end of 

 1992 - 52 units. 



The authors have described this somewhat 

 confusing process of analysis to point out that 

 the various sources, though highly reliable in 

 most cases, may not be fully trusted in the 



case of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet 

 republics. The only foolproof statistics are 

 those released by the respective Governments. 

 We were fortunate to have the excellent 

 cooperation of the Polish Ministry of 

 Transportation and Maritime Economy in 

 obtaining the statistics listed in appendices 5 

 and 6. Unfortunately, this was not the case in 

 any other country covered in this volume. 



The Polish high-seas fleet is completely 

 separated from the operations of the Baltic 

 fleet. They have no impact on each other and 

 are also administered separately. The high- 

 seas fleet is owned by three state-owned 

 companies which do not have any operations 

 in the Baltic (as is the case in. some of the 

 other Baltic states). 



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