1. STATE SCHOOL FOR DEEP SEA FISHERMEN IN GDYNIA 2. FISHING FLEET AND INDUSTRY

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 17, 2006
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• Publication Date: August 5, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. The State 8ebwl for DO op Sea Fishermen (Panstwowa Szkola Rybakow Dalekomorskich)
regulations and discipline. Each student is issued a kit similar to a seaman'',.
Board and all necessary materials for studies are provided.
1j. Until the spring of 1951 the school was very poorly supplied with textbooks
and technical instruments such as compasses, sextants, etc. There was also
a shortage of technical equipment for demonstrating navigation, signaling, etc.
is located on Aleja Zjednoczenia, Gdynia, between the President and the
Yachting Basins. This site formerly housed the Jung School and the Maritime
School. Since the spring of 1951 it has been occupied exclusively by the
School for Deep Sea Fishermen which is subordinate to the Ministry of Shipping
2.. A three years' course is offered; in the first year students are trained to
become seamen-fishermen, during the second year, petty officers and officers.
Entrants to the second year must have passed the "Tmala matura'" and those to
the third-year the ""duza matura" (matriculation) examinations`
3. The school is attended by an average of 129 students, living under military
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The leading personalities of the school are:
Chief I;irector a Michalowski..
Director: Captain Gubala; lectures on maritime law.
Vice-Director: Kanik;, appointed in spring of 1951; taught
English in other maritime schools.
School Commandant: Mieczyslaw Kazibut; a skipper; in charge of
discipline and military training, lectures on
ships, fishing methods and mining.
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Ptak; professor of secondary schoolst teaches
the Polish language.
E z; instructor on fishing nets.
Staff; In charge of all Lt. 1abat
personal affairs of tlu~ Lt. Wagner
students, recreation, Lt. Wavrynkiew'icz
etc,
6. The following subjects are taught; mathematics, navigation, physics,- geography,
fishing methods, Polish, navigation code, English, signaling, Russian,. nets
and cable work, swimming. During the second and third year, marine biology,
meteorology, and astronomy are taught. The school has two training ships
at its disposal; both are motor vessels.
7. After completing theoretical training and some practical work on the school's
ships, groups of students are assigned to the personnel manager of the state
broker firm of Dalmor where they are assigned to deep sea fishing trawlers,
first as apprentices and later as junior seamen-fishermen. Before being
sent on fishing expeditions, students are examined in all subjects. Those
who prove to be unsatisfactory are not permitted to sail.. Poor marks in
political education bar students completely from undergoing practical training
.and from working in fisheries.
8. Daily timetable;
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0730
0800 - 1200
1200 - 1300
1300 - 16oo
1600 - 2100
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2100
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Captain Niedzielko; lectures on signaling.
reveille and physical training
morning roll call
breakfast
lectures
dinner
lectures
home studies and free time
supper
evening roll call
9.1 the Polish fishing fleet now numbers more than
20 large trawlers. averaging from 300 to 600 tons. A trawler usually carries
a crew of 22 men. The following is a partial list:
WUIdCAN
SATURN
POLESIA
JiWISZ
NEPTUN
URAN
WAGA
ORION
KASTOR
WULKANIA
STAURNIA
PODLASIE
SYRIUSZ
NAPTUNIA
URANIA
PLUTON
JUPITER
KASTORIA
10. The Polish fishing fleet consists of a large number of luggers and boats,
apart from trawlers. Dutchmen, many of whom served in the Polish deep sea
fishing industry before the war, mostly as skippers, instructors and technical
personnel, have by now all been replaced by young Polish personnel, recently
trained and inexperienced.
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11. Poland was making use of two fishing bases for deep sea fishing; one in
Iceland and the other in Hplland. The Icelandic base has now been closed
down and the one in Holland is used for North Sea catches. Poti,iih fishing
craft, chiefly tuggers, fish in North Sea waters and bring their catches
to the base in Holland where the fish is shipped to Poland.
12. Major overhauls and tests are carried out in. Finland.
13. The nationalized broker in charge of trawlers and luggers is the Dalmor firm
and the nationalized firm in charge of fishing boats is Arka.
14. Distribution of fish is carried out by the Main Fish jCenter,:i.(Glowna Centrals
Rybna) in Gdynia. Allocations are made here for home consumption, for fish
processing plants and for exports. A great deal is sent to the USSR,. herrings
are also dispatched in huge-quantities to East Germany, and to Czechoslovakia.
Winter catches consist chiefly of cod and flounders; in the summer, mackerel,
herrings and white fish. There is an acute shortage of fresh fish in the
home market, especially of herring and cod; the shortage is a result of the
mass exports of these fish.
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omment: the State School for Deep Sea
Fishermen is controlled by the PCWM (Panstwowe Centrum Wychowania Morakiego -~
State Center for Maritime Education), which originally was to be only a
supervisory body.
Comment: The course is on a high school level and candidates
must be 1 to 1 years of age. According to previous information, during
1950 the school admitted candidates born in 1933 and 1934 who had completed
the seventh grade.
the Polish fishing fleet consisted of 31 trawlers, 344 cutters, 444 motor
boats and 1,528 non-powered boats.
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Comment,. Previous information reports that as of January 1949
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