CATCH AND PRODUCT FLFILLMENT, BREEDING AND CONSERVATION MEASURES IN USSR FISH INDUSTRY

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• Publication Date: January 23, 1953
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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL
SECW TY IX OR14ATION
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO.
COUNTRY USSR
SUBJECT Economic - Fish industry
HOW
PUBLISHED Daily newspapers; monthly periodical
LANGUAGE
WHERE
PUBLISHED USSR
DATE
PUBLISHED 6 Aug - 30 Sei. 1952
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DATE DIST. 23 Jan 1953
NO. OF PAGES 5
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
this report presents information on the 1952 fish catch, the fish products
industry, and fish breeding and conservation measures, taken from Soviet news-
papers and periodical-.
Numbers in parentheses refer to appended sournesj
Fish Catck
During the first 8 months of 1952, the USSR fish industry fulfilled the
fishing plan 95.3 percent, although the catch was greater than that of 1951.(1)
In 1951, the fish catch of Pyarauskaya Oblast, Estonian SSR, was twice as
great as in 1945. During the first half of 1952, as many fish were caught as
during all of 1951.(2)
The following table shows percentage fulfillment of the third-quarter f?.Isk-
ing plan by fishing enterprises of Estonian SSR:
Oblast 15 Aug 2 A? 4 121-e2-J21 20 Sep (6)
Tsrtuskaya 34.8 42.6 64.9 ry,~
includinge state
_fishing err erprises 7.5 1 .5 23.5 35.0
Including state
Fishing enterprises 39.4 52.5 66.4 74.7
Tallinakaya 41.4 46.1 58.2 62.3
IPclud ng state
ishing enterprises 40.4 54.7 92.7 103.9
DISTRIBUTIOPI
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The Narva Fish Combine in Estonian SSE
September -A completed thn loco P4 _u-_ --ow' J,1w more quintals of fish than in 1951.(7) c Fifth Five-Year Plan, the Estonian fish catch is to increase in During ng the
1950.(8) 35 percent over
In 1952, Latvian fishermen are to deliver to republic processing plants not
less than 150,000 pod of fish above
During the Fifth Five-Year Plan,
fishing in the Latvian SSE is to increase 80
of Liyepaya have pledged to fulfill the 1952 pl
Percent an byJ.5 October and byi7hNoven
to catch 15,000 pod of fish above plan.(10) by 7 November
In 1947, the Lithuanian SSR fish catch was twice that of 1940.(11) In 1950,
the catch exceeded that of 1938 six times.(12) During the first half of 1952,
the republic fish catch amounted to 137.8 percent of the catch of the correspond-
ing period o2 1951. The MRS (,Motorized Fishing Stations) fulfilled the 6-month
Plan 117.a percent, and republic fishing kolkhozes 116.2 percet.(1) The 1952
republic catch is already 43 times greater than that of 1945 and. 14 times greater
than that of 1946.(11) During the first 8 months of 1952, fishermen of the Klay-
peda Administration of the trawler ii,, 4, caught 5,000 more pud of fish than dur-
ing all of 1951, As compared with 1946, the fishing fleet of the administration
has increased almost five times and the fisu catch has increased 39 times. Dur_
ini the Fifth Five-Year Plan, the republic fish catch is to increase approxi-
mately 2.9 times. The Klaypeda Administration of the trawler fleet has pledged
to catch 120,000 pud of fish above the September plan.(13) The Kaunas ?I -1h Plant
in Lithuanian SSR fulfilled the August 1952 fishing plan 114 percent, (14) The
K1!aypeda Fish Trust he^ pledged to fulfill the 1952 fishing plan by 21 December
and to catch 1,800 pad of fish above plan.(15)
The Kagul' Fish Plant, Moldavian SSR has pledged to fulfill the 10-month
1952 plan by 5' lccober and by the end of the month to catch 600 quintals of
pr..me-quality fish above Plan. (16)
In 1952, the Iecherskiy Fish Plant in Leni.?grrdakaya Oblast has pledged
to catch 50,000 pud of fish'ab- .e plan, (17) In 1952, the fisherrxn of the Sea
of Okhotsk coast pledged to catch 150,000 pud of fish above plan. As of 5 Sep-
pud of fish, ahey ahad t1ASilled the 1952 plan and had alxady caught 155,000
P ((Ia),
TrustB 277aAu ust, the Verkhne-Le33* ,inskiy Fish Plant of the Volga-Caspian
' , fulfilled the 1952 fishing quarter plan by 9 percent. The plant has pledged plan attch and exceeded
diionnalt4,ppp
quintals of fish by 5 Oc'.obe:.(1)
Fishing kolkhozee Of: the Turkmen SSR hara pledged to fulfill the 1952
fiishi` epler. by 23 September and by 5 Jctober to catch 30,000 prod of fish above
The Issyk-Kul' Industrial Fish Combine, Kirgiz SSR, has pledged tc fulfill
tha 1952 fishing plan by l.October and to catch 2,000 put above p1an.(20)
Fish Products
In July 1952, the Belomorskiy Fish Combine in Karelo-Finnish SSR shipped
more than 140 metric tons of smoked, salted, and, refrigerated herring and other
fish products and 90,000 jars of canned fish to workers in Leningrad and Krem_
enehug, as well as to Kalininskaya and Kalu.:.bskaya obl;_sts, and Komi ASSR.(21.)
The Pyarnu Liyva Fish Plant has been completely modernized ant mechanized.
Production during the last 2 years has doublad and fish salting (p janyy mosol)
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has increased 31 times. The fish-canning ntan+ in v ... ...
r1..n Li ..r
Imes.
1e1 - - e l igest ea pro-
Eston'ggt Ombin-Tallia Fi a h Combine is one in
the
over 1a glI The ?D~eis Production of canned fish has largest i has increased three times
During the first he3.f of 1952, the Lithuanian fish industry fulfilled the
fish products production plan 124 percent and the canned fish production plan
172fuercen t(hel)plen 1952, enterprises sesd of he republic fish industry have pledged by 1 produce fresh-
fish, 2,000 pud of salted fish, and 6,000 l of sm6oyooo oked fish h of above plan.(15)
During the Fifth Five-Year Plan the re smoked try must expanded; production of chilled and frozen fish fish-processing nto Industry three
times over 1950. Production of canned fish at the Klaypeda Cannery is to in-
crease three times during the Fifth Five-Year Plan.(12)
During the first 8 months of 1952, the Lenkoran Fish-Canning Plant in the
Azerbaydzhan SSR fulfilled the plan 108.1 percent and canned an additional
3,36,800 jars of prime-quality fish.(22)
In 1951, the Astrakhan, Fish Combine in Astrakhanskaya Oblast produced al-
most 1.5 times more canned fish than in 1940.(23) In 1952, the Ayanskiy Fish
Plant in Khabarovakiy Fray has pledged to faizill the flab -processing Plan by
1 September and by the end of the year to produce 10,260 put of fish above
plan.(24) The Vladivostok Fish Combine in Primorskiy Fray has pledged to pro-
duce 450 quintals of medicinal fats by 5 October 1952.(25)
he Iseyk-Kul' Fish Combine in the Kirgiz SSR fulfilled the 1952 plan in
September-and has pledged to produce 5,000 pod of fish above plan by the and of
the year.(26)
Fish Breeding and Conservation
The Latvian SSR is to increase its utilization of inland waters. At pres-
ent, 110 agricultural kolkhozes have fishing ponds with a total area-of 4,200
Hectares. Lakes with a total area of 35,000 hectares have been turned over to
kol,rhoz management. This is not by any means full utilization of inland water
resources in the republic. Hundreds of kolkhozes do not have organized pond
fishing, and in those where it is organized, productivity is very by. BY 1955,
the republic is to attain a total kolkhoz pond area of 6,000 hectares with a
yearly productivity of up to 2 quintals of fish per hectare.(27)
Recently", 1,000 sterlet were liberated in the Daugava River in Latvian SSR.
This makes a total of 3,000 aterlet which have been released in the Daugava
River in the past 4 years. The other 2,000 fish, weighing ImO to 200
measuring 25 centimeters in length, were released in the river in 1? 'ana
successful3.y acclimatized. In a few years, industrial fishing of starlet
and wer
be organized.(28)
willp
In 1952, 50,000 Caspian carp fry are to be liberated in the IGcrshn?4Iares
Gulf, Lithuanian SSR, and 1,500 two-year old Severodvinskiy (Norihe*n Dvins)
starlet in the lover part of the Neman River.(11)
The Belorussian SSR has a large area of natural and arririciai. ponds. mue
average density of the river hetwork amounts to nearly 26 kilometers in .100
square kilometers. There are more than 3,000 lakes in the republic, appr'ti-
mately 900 of which are used for industrial purposes. The total area of all
the lakes is around 135,000 hectares. The reservoirs of hydroelectric stations
constructed and proposed will greatly increase the republic pond area. Moreover,
ih-re are many pits made while mining peat whic.a could be adapted for fish breed-
ing. However, despite the many natural pons in the republic, only the large
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rivers and lakes under Glaveybprom (Main Administration of Vi ch Tna?c+,...1 1..,..,,
o~+~+z_.+ fur industrial fishing, The breeding conditions and fish"com-
position of several large ponds are not conducive to high ample, in 1940, from Lake Chervonnoye with an area of nearly ,400 hectares, ex-
3,200 quintals of fish were caught, only 40 percent of which were average and
large size fish such as bream and pike. In 1950, of only 1,860 quintals of fish
caught in the lake, 15 percent were average and large size fish, and the rest
chiefly ruff. The sharp decrease in fish quantity and quality in Lake Chervon-
noye is due to the republic's failure to develop and improve this body of water.
A large part of the lake is filled vita dense growths of underwater vegetation
which naturally impede fishing in the lake. Approximately the same situation
exists in many other large ponds of the republic.
The area of artificial ponds in the Belorussian SSR is 10,000 hectares, in-
cluding 1,000 hectares of kolkhoz ponds. Natural conditions of the republic al-
low an increase in pond area of 100 to 200 percent, eapccially as a result of
new kolkhoz pond construction. The fish-breeding ponds of the majority of re-
public enterprises are in run-down condition with a low productivity -- 100 to
150 kilograms per hectare. The dense vegetation in these ponds makes it prac-
tically impossible to intensify fishing or breeding operations. The kolkhoz
pond industry is still embryo. Only 5 to 7 percent of existing ponds are being
fished; for the others, there is a shortage stocking' material such as carp year-
lings.
To increase the Belorussian SSR fish catch during the Fifth Five-Year Plan,
the pond area of the fishing enterprises is to be increased 100 to 200 percent;
new kolkhoz ponds are to be constructed; and a network of state and kolkhoz fish
hatcheries is to be set up to supply stocking material (carp yearlings) for kol-
khoz ponds and rivers. Very important in this expansion program is the recon-
struction of the Polesskaya Pond enterprises, which constitute a large part of
the republic pond area. After this, intensification of pond fishing must be con-
ducted so that fish productivity is increased an average of 4 to 5 quintals per
hectare of pond area. Fulfillment of this program will enalle the republic to
obtain 30,000 to 40,000 quintals of prime-quality fish (carp) by the end of the
Fifth Five-Year PL-,n.(29)
In 1952, nearly 2.5 million Baltic Ladoga salmon and lake trout lichinka
flash in larval stage of developmenj and fry have been liberated in the Neva
River, the Svir River, and Lake Ladoga in Leningradskaya Oblast. Part of the
stocking material has been left for raising to 2 years of age in ponds of the
Priozerskiy Experimental-Production Fish-Breeding Plant. Amur carp are being
acclimatized in Lake Il'men'. In 1951, stocking work was carried on in the
Pskov-Chukskoy Reservoir, where carp weighing 1.5 kilograms and more are now
caught. The Northwest Administration of Fish Conservation and Breeding is con-
centrating its .ttention on the acclimatization of industrially valuable fish
in reservoirs. In 1953, plants cf this administration are to produce 25 to O
million Ladoga ripus and Chukskoye Lake whitefish roe for new reservoir-z.00)
On Sakhalin and the Kuril' Islands, 13 fish-breeding plants save been e, -
sbliaiied for the artificial breeding of Siberian, hump-back, and red ea uaoc.
total production capacity of the plants is more than 100 million fieh roe Sr.-.
nually. Specialists have established that of the more than 40,wv you uZ .3-
berian salmon caught annually in the region of Naibo (Kuril' 'isl,:nds), 90 per-
cent are artificially bred. Almost all Siberian salmon caught in regions of the
Tarandomar, Assay, and Okoo rivers (southwestern Sakhalin) have been bred at
the fish-breeding Plants-01)
The pond fishing industry of the Ministry of Fish Industry Kazakh SSP is
located in Iliyskiy Rayon, 18 kilometers from Alma-Ata. Eery year the fish
catch increases. In 1949, the first catch of mirror carp amounted to only 20
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quintals; but in 1951, 1.20 quintals of carp were caught in the ponds. In 1952,
the catch is a1r.Aav .a.,__
tench were brought ,.. - yO-V Yr'"t?`?' oeverai.years ago, ten small
byplane from Lake Zaycan and released in the ponds. Now
there are nearly 20,000 tench in the ponds. Natural reservoirs and rice field
waters are'being used for breeding of industrially valuable fish. Not more than
2 months ago, the pond fishing industry released 51,800 carp yearlings and 3,000
tench in Lake Dzbanakul'. By the end of September, fishermen will. start to fish
the lake.(32) Early in the spring of 1952, the Alma-Ala pond fishing industry
liberated more than 50,000 mirror carp fry and 1,500 Lake Azysan tench in one
of the Il.iyskiy Rayon lakes. The fry are being closely watched, as the success
of this project and others like it will greatly increase fish reserves of the
Ili River Basin.(33)
Uzglaveybpram (Main Administration of Fish-Industry Uzbek SSR) is not ful-
filling the 1952 plan. During the first half of 1952, not one of the fish hatch-
eries fulfilled the plan. The Kuyu-Maze skiy Fish Hatchery fulfilled the 6-month
plan 16 percent.(34)
1. Moscow, Rybnoye Khozyaystvo, No 9, 1952
2. Tallin, Sovetskaya Eetonlya, 16 Sep 52
3. Ibid., 19 Aug 52
4. Ibid., 28 Aug 52
5. Ibid., 13 Sep 51
6. Ibid., 23 Sep 52
7. Ibid., 28 Sep 52
8. Ibid., 25 Sep 52
9. Moscow, Izvestiya, 3 Sep 52
_10. Rign, Sovetskaya Letviya, 4 Sep 32
11. Vil'ayus, Sovetskaya Lltva, 14 Sep,52
12. Ibid., 24 Sep 52
13. Ibid., 6 Sep 52
14. Ibid:, 22 Aug 52
15. Ibid., 5 Sep 52
16. Kishinev, Sovetskaya Moldaviya, 31. Aug 52
17. Izvestiya, 10 Sep 52
18. Moscow, Vechernyaya Moskva, 6 Sep 52
19. Ashkhabad' Turkmenekaya Iskra, 9 Sep 52
20. Frunze, Sovetskaya Kirgiziya, 24 Sep 52
21. Petrozavodek, Leninskoye Znamye, 16 Aug 52
22. Baku, Bakinakiy Ral~ochiy, 5 Sep 52
23. Moscow, Komaomol'akaya Preve-, 7 Sep 52
24. Rybnoye Khozyaystvo, No 8, 1952
25. Izvestiya, 2 Sep 52
26. Sovetskaya Kirgiziya, 30 Sep 52
27. Sovetskaya Latviya, 25 Sep 52
28. Ibid., 28 Aug 52
29. Minsk, Sovetskaya Beloruasiya, 28 Sep 52
30. Leningradekaya Pravda, 6 Aug 52
31. Vechernycyn :;oskva, 19 Aug 52
32. Alma-Ata, Kazakhstanekaye Pravda, 5 Sep 52
33. Ibid., 12 Aug 52
34. Tashkent, Pravda,Vostoka, 19 Aug 52
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