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Thus, the number of full-time Dal’ryba fishery training vessels has 
grown to six. All have been constructed since 1968 in contrast to 
the much older fleet of Zapryba. This indicates that the fisheries 
training fleet is no longer considered a depot for obsolete vessels, 
but is becoming a major segment of the Soviet fishing fleet. 
Conclusion. 
The Soviet Union has committed itself to the maintenance of a 
modern fisheries training fleet to prepare its students in all aspects 
of the fisheries profession. The cost of this type of training is high, 
but the Soviet Government obviously feels it is a useful investment. 
However, the training vessels are advanced, productive fishery vessels 
in their own right. They travel to faraway fishing grounds and catch 
and sell fish to the state thereby partially returning some funds spent 
on their crew’s education. 
There have been suggestions that a more realistic way to train 
new fishermen would be to place one or two trainees on the actual 
fishing vessels for a trip with other fishermen. As far as it is known, 
this kind of apprenticeship is not currently practiced, though the 
production-and-training vessel idea is certainly a step in that direction. 
