SOVIET UNION FISHING AND FISHING INDUSTRY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T00246A034200870001-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 16
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Content Type: REPORT

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Country: The Soviet Union.
Subject:
Soviet Union Fishing and Fishing Industry.
Contents:
1. Management and Operation of the Fisheries.
2. Employment.
3. Fishermen's Income From the Catch.
4. Investments.
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5. The Fishing Fleet in Murmansk, the Catch andTPreparation.
6. Catch Results.
7. Fish Combines. (Processing Plants).
8. The Combine in Murmansk.
9. The "1. May!" Combine in Moscow.
10. The Combine in Astrakhan.
11. Soviet Fishing Research.
12. Fish Hatcheries.
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1. 'Management and Operation of the Fisheries.
The entire fishing fleet, the fishing industry, the equip-
ment industry, and workshops, etc., in Murmansk, inland harbors,
rivers, as well as in the Far East, are owned and operated by the
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Minister Istikov is the chief. His-.as'sistants inciud.e,-several'-4 a-
ministers. Under the jurisdiction of the,- same..department are also
housing construction and housing for fishermen and workers at plants,
the technical school, and the research institutes of the fishing
industry.
In every republic which has fishing and a fishing industry,
there is a local minister of the fishing industry, who in turn is
under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of the Fishing Industry in
Moscow.
The training program for the fishing industry is also under
the jurisdiction of the Ministry for the Fishing Industry. There
are 4 high schools, one correspondence institute, 11 primary voca-
tional schools, and 11 seamen's schools. Under the 1956 - 1960
Five-Year Plan, the following number of men and women will be
trained in these institutions: 2,000 in the high schools, 13,000
in the primary vocational schools, 2,500 in the seamen's schools,
and 5,800 in special technical schools.
There are 8 research institutes which work on biological
problems and on fishing and processing techniques. These insti-
tutes have 23 special departments and employ 1,062 scientists.
In,
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t, fishing enterprises are called(collectives; these are
associations of fishermen who are engaged in fishing exclusively.
The combines are processing plants. Motorized fishing stations
are state-owned stations which rent out large fishing vessels to
the collectives. According to a report on the fishing industry,
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there are a total of 1,046 collectives, 1,005 motorized fishing
stations, and 74 combines. The combines are merged into 11 concerns
2. Employment.
A total of 500,000 persons are engaged in the fishing industry;
of these, 90,000 are employed on the State's fleet (motorized
fishing stations) and something over 100,000 in the collectives.
Manning of the fishing fleet presents no problem, for the h a e ~. ~> a