SUMMARY OF USSR FISH INDUSTRY DATA, MAY-SEPTEMBER 1953

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SUBJECT Economic - Fish industry INFORMATION 1952-1953
CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMFNTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO.
COUNTRY USSR DATE OF
HOW
PUBLISHED Daily newspapers, monthly periodicals
WHERE
PUBLISHED USSR
DATE
PUBLISHED 1 MaY-30 Sep 1953
LANGUAGE Russian
DATE DIST. ,54,?4 1954
NO, OF PAGES 6
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
SUMMARY OF USSR FISH INDUSTRY DATA MAY-SEPTEMBER 1
this report presents information, from May-September 1953
Soviet newspapers and periodicals, on the 1952 and 1953 fish
catches, the fish products industry, and fish breeding and con-
servation measures.
Numbers in parentheses refer to appended sources./
Fish Catch
The USSR fish industry is to catch 1.5 times as much fish in 1956 as
compared with 1952, including twice as much by state fishing enterprises.
The commercial fish catch from inland waters in 1956 is to be 1.8 times
that of 1952.(l)
The Karelo-Finnish SSR fish industry fell short of 1952 plan quotas
by 35,163 quintals of fish. Operation of the Loukhi Fish Plant, the
Petrozavodsk Fish-Canning Combine, and the Preonezhskaya MRS (motorized
fishing station) in 1952 was very unsatisfactory. The ineffective utili-
zation of the fishing fleet was a contributing factor to the industry's
failure to catch 30,000 quintals of the total amount.(2)
By 10 June, the Karelo-Finnish SSR fish industry had fulfilled the
1953 fishing plan by 42 percent and had caught 41,733 more quintals of
fish than by the same date in 1952?(3) During the first 7 months of 1953,
republic fishermen caught 58,651 more quintals of fish than during the
corresponding period in 1952?(4) By 2C August 1953, the republic fish
industry had caught 63,906 more quintals than during the corresponding
period of 1952.(5) By 1 September, fishing enterprises of the Ministry of
Light and Food Industry Karelo-Finnish SSR had fulfilled the August 1953
fishing plan by 75 percent and the third quarter 1953 plan by 66 percent.(6)
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Fishing enterprises of the Estonian SSR fulfilled the April 1953 fish-
ing plan by 218 percent and the plan for the first 4 months of 1953 by 120
percent. The Kingisepp Fish Combine fulfilled the April 1953 fishing plan
by 360 percent, the Tallin Combine by 218 percent, the Narva Combine by
232 percent, the Khiyumaskiy Combine by 176 percent, and the Khaapsalu
Combine by 320 percent.(7)
Fishing kolkhozes and state fishing enterprises in the Estonian SSR
fell short of plan quotas for the first 8 months of 1953 by 42,000 quintals
of fish.(8)
During the second quarter 1953 the Latvian SSR fish industry as a
thole fulfilled the fishing plan by ,3 percent and the Gosmorlov (state
sea fishing) trawler fleet by 66 percent. The republic Fishing Kolkhoz
Union fulfilled the July 1953 plan by 80 percent and state sea-fishing
enterprises by 48 percent. During the third quarter 1953, Latvian fisher-
men are to fulfill 20 percent of the 1953 fishing plan.(9)
From 1 July to 13 August 1953, Lithuanian herring fishermen in the
North Atlantic caught 5,000 quintals of fish above plan. From 14 August
to the end of 1953, 20,000 - 25,000 metric tons of prime-quality fish are
to be caught above the 1953 plan.(10)
The Vinnitskaya Oblast Fishing Trust in the Ukrainian SSR pledged to
catch 18,900 quintals of fish in 1953, which is 2,600 quintals above plan.(11)
Oblast Fishing 23 May 1953, fishing enterprises of the East Kamchatskaya
ng Trust in Khabarovskiy Kray had fulfilled the 1953 Plan for
herring fishing and had caught 40,000 pud of fish above plan. Trust enter-
prises pledged to catch and process another 500,000 pud of herring by the
end of the spring fishing season.(12) By 27 May, fishing enterprises of
the trust had kept their pledge and had caught 600,000 pud of herring above
the plan for the 1953 spring fishing season.(13) By 16 August, the
Okhotskiy State Fishing Trust in Khabarovskiy Kray had fulfilled the 1953
fishing plan and had caught 300,000 more pud of fish than by the same date
in 1952.(14)
By 8 June, the Vladivostok Fish Combine in Primorskiy Kray had ful-
filled the 1953 fishing plan by 95 percent and had started preparation
for the mackerel fishing season, which was expected far earlier in 1953
than in 1952.(15)
As of 24 May, fishing kolkhozes and fish industry enterprises of
Astrakhanskaya Oblast had fulfilled the plan for the first 6 months of
1953 and had caught 127,100 more quintals of fish than during the same
period of 1952.(16) By 21 September, enterprises and kolkhozes of the
oblast had fulfilled the 1953 sprat-procurement plan by 114 percent and
had procured 135,000 more quintals of sprat than during the same period
in 1952.(17)
Fishermen of Astrakhanskaya Oblast pledged to fulfill the 1953 fish-
ing plan by 7 November and to catch and deliver to the state by the end
of the year 180,000 quintals of fish above plan, including 36,350 quintals
from state fishing enterprises and 143,650 quintals by kolkhoz fishing
enterprises.
The Oranzherei Combine in Astrakhanskaya Oblast pledged to fulfill
the 1953 fishing and procurement plan by 7 November and to procure 15,000
quintals above plan by the end of the year, including 3,000 quintals from
state fishing enterprises. The Astrakhanskaya Oblast State Sea-Fishing
Base pledged to fulfill the 1953 fishing plan ahead of schedule and to
catch 10,000 quintals of fish above plan.(18)
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 By 28 May, Krymskaya Oblast fishermen had already caught more than
7,000 quintals of fish above the May 1953 Plan-(19) The Lomonosov Fish
Plant in Leningradskaya Oblast caught 380 quintals of fish above the April
1953 plan.(20) Fishermen of Tyumenskaya Oblast pledged to catch 35,000
pud of fish above the 1953 fishing plan.(21)
The Balkhash Fishing Trust in the Kazakh SSR fell short of plan
quotas for the first 8 months of 1953 by 7,000 quintals of fish.(22)
By 16 May, fishing kolkhozes of Gur'yevskaya Oblast in the Kazakh SSR had
fulfilled the plan for the first 6 months of 1953 and had caught 300,000
more pud of fish than during the same period of 1952.(23) North Caspian
fishermen of Gur'yevskaya Oblast had fulfilled the plan for the first 6
months of 1953 by 5 June and had caught 220,000 pud of fish above the
plan.(24) North Caspian fishermen in the Kazakh SSR pledged to fulfill
the 1953 plan by 25 October and to catch 180,000 quintals of fish above
the plan by the end of the year.
Fishermen of the Ural-Caspian basin in the Kazakh SSR caught 120,000
pud of fish above the plan for the first 4 months of 1953.(25)
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plan.(26) f Rethe publicYishing caught
kolkhozes ca quintals
50,000 put of fish above the plan for the first 8 months of more (277)
Kolkhozes of the Turkmen SSR Fishing Kolkhoz Union pledged to catch 36,000
pud of fish above the 1953 plan.(28)
BY 31 August, the Krasnovodsk Fish Combine in the Turkmen SSR had
fulfilled the 1953 plan by more than 100 percent and had caught 1,041 quin-
tals above the plan.(27)
Fish Products
In 1956 as compared with 1952, USSR fish-processing enterprises are
to Produce 2.4 times as much fresh-frozen fish, 2.6 times as much pickled
herring, 2.4 times as such smoked and cured products, twice as much canned
fish including 2.4 times as much salmon, 3.3 times as much sprat, and 3.5
times as much cod liver. The holding capacity of USSR port refrigeration
plants in 1956 is to be twice as great as that of 1952 and the total pro-
duction capacity of USSR fish-canning enterprises is to be 1.5 times as
great.(1)
During the first 6 months of 1953, the Petrozavodsk Fish Combine in
the Karelo-Finnish SSR produced 85 percent more canned fish than during
the corresponding period in 1952. During the fourth quarter 1953, the
combine is to exceed its third quarter output by 140,000 cans.(29) During
the first 8 months of 1953, the cannery of the Petrozavodsk Fish Combine
produced 108,000 more cans of fish than during the corresponding period of
1952. The cannery is to produce 20,000 cans of fish above the September
1953 plan. By 21 September, the cannery had fulfilled the September plan.(30)
-By 27 August, the Tallin Fish Combine in the Estonian SSR had pro-
duced 370,000 cans of fish above the 1953 plan.(31)
By 9 June, the Kolkskiy Fish Plant in the Latvian SSR had fulfilled
the plan for the first 6 months of 1953 and had produced 34,000 cans of
fish above the plan.(32)
The Belgorod-Dnestrovskiy Fish Cannery in the Ukrainian SSR produced
nearly 400,000 cans of fish above the plan for the first 7 months of
1953.(33) The cannery produced 318,000 cans of fish above the plan for
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the first 8 months of 1953.(34) The Belgorod-Dnestrovskiy Fish Cannery
daily produces 6 - 7,000 more cans of fish than its 1952 daily output.(35)
The Lenkoran Fish Cannery in the Azerbaydzhan SSR pledged to fulfill
the April 1953 plan ahead of schedule and to produce 50,000 cans of fish
above the plan. By 26 April, the plant had fulfilled the April plan and
had increased its above-plan pledge to 75,000 cans. The plant had ful-
filled its pledge by 30 April.(36) By 13 August, the Combine imeni Kirov
in the Azerbaydzhan SSR had processed 1,600 quintals of fish above the
plan for the first 8 months of 1953.(37)
Canning enterprises of Kamchatskaya Oblast in Khabarovskiy Kray pro-
duced 500,000 cans of fish above the plan for the first 4 months of 1953.(38)
Oblast canneries pledged to produce one million cans of fish above the 1953
Plan.(39) Enterprises of Glavkamchatrybprom (Main Administration of Fish
Industry in Kamchatka) are producing more than one million cans of fish
daily, which is 1.5 times as much as in 1952.(14)
Two refrigerating apparatuses for storing mackerel during hot weather
are being installed at the Vladivostok Fish Combine in Primorskiy Kray.
An additional washing-out tank for preparing mackerel-liver oil has been
installed at the oil-processing plant of the combine.(15)
Fish-processing enterprises of Astrakhanskaya Oblast pledged to ful-
fill the 1953 fish products production plan by 5 December and to produce
above the plan by the end of the year 63,000 quintals of fish products,
including 8,000 quintals of live fish, 32,800 quintals of refrigerated
fish, 4,000 quintals of smoked and dry-cured fish, 13,100 quintals of
frozen fish, 100 quintals of cured fish products, 4,500 quintals of mari-
nated fish, and 500 quintals of fish fillets. The canning enterprises of
the oblast pledged to produce 2,375,000 cans of fish above the 1953 plan.
The Oranzherei Fish Combine in Astrakhanskaya Oblast pledged to pro-
duce above the 1953 plan 250,000 cans of fish and 3,500 quintals of fish
products, including 1,000 quintals of frozen fish, 1,000 quintals of
refrigerated fish, and 1,500 quintals of live fish. The Fish-Canning
Combine imeni Mikoyan in the same oblast pledged to produce above the 1953
plan 1,500,000 cans of fish, 3,700 quintals of technical fish products,
and 3,500 quintals of fish products, including 2,500 quintals of frozen
fish, 500 quintals of smoked fish, and 500 quintals of fish fillets. The
North Caspian Redfish Combine in Astrakhanskaya Oblast pledged to procure
1,000 quintals of sturgeon above the 1953 plan and produce 1,570 quintals
of fish products, i.ncluding 1,470 quintals of refrigerated redfish and
100 quintals of cured-fish products, above the 1953 plan.
The Astrakhanskaya Oblast Fish Trust of the Ministry of Light and
Food Industry RSFSR pledged to procure 11,700 quintals of fish above the
1953 plan and to produce e',ove the plan 7,60C quintals of fish products,
including 1,400 quintals of live fish, 5,000 quintals of refrigerated
fish, 600 quintals of smoked and sun-cured fish, and 600 quintals of fro-
zen fish.(18)
On 27 May 1953, 20 railroad cars of fresh-frozen and salted fish were
shipped to industrial centers of the USSR from Kerchi in Krymskaya Oblast.(19)
The Lenryb Trust of the Ministry of Food Products Industry USSR
pledged to produce 8,000 quintals of fish products and 475,000 cans of
fish above the 1953 plan.(40) The Lomonosov Fish Plant in Leningradskaya
Oblast produced 1,000 quintals of fish products above the plan for the
second quarter 1953.(41)
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centers on Sakhalin Island. During the last 6 or 7 years, two large ef fish
combines have been created there. The are equipped with fish pumps,
scraper conveyers, fish-processing equipment, and refrigeration facili-
ties; salting shops with first-class equipment have been constructed.
New fishing wharves, new homes for workers, and new fishing vessels have
appeared in the city. (42)
Enterprises of Tyumenskaya Oblast pledged topr,duce nearly 2 million
cans of fish above the 1953 fish-processing plan. (21
During the first 8 months of 1953, the Gur'yev Fish-Canning Combine
in the Kazakh SSR operated at half its production capacity and fell short
of plan quotas by nearly 2 million cans of fish. During this same period,
enterprises of Glavrybprom (Main Administration of Fish Industry), Ministry
of Light and Food Industry Kazakh SSR, fell short of plan quotas for smoked
and cured fish by 1,100 quintals, but produced 8,000 quintals of salted
fish above the plan.(22)
At the beginning of 1953, the Muynak Fish-Canning Combine in the
Uzbek SSR pledged to fulfill the 1953 production plan by 25 November and
to produce 200,000 cans of fish above the plan by the end of the year.
Later in 1953, the combine pledged to fulfill the plan by 7 November and
to produce 1,500,000 cans of fish above the plan. By 13 June, the combine
had already produced and shipped 1,300,000 cans of prime-quality fish
above the plan for the first 6 months of 1953.(43)
The Turkmen SSR Fish Trust pledged to produce 48,000 pud of fish above
the 1953 plan.(28)
Fish Breeding and Conservation
The total area of USSR state fisheries is to be increased by 15,000
hectares in 1956 and average productivity of all exploited fattening ponds
is to be raised to 320 kilograms per hectare.(l)
As of 4 June, a total of 58,500,000 fish fry, including 37 million sea
whitefish, 17,500,000 Lake Chudskoye whitefish, and 4 million salmon and
sea trout had been freed in 1953 by fish-breeding stations in Keyla-Yoa,
Pidula, Narva, Eksi, and Sindi of the Estonian Administration of Fish-
Breeding and Conservation. In 1953, for the first time, 3 million Lake
Ladoga whitefish brought in from the Volkhovskiy Fishing Kolkhoz in
Leningradskaya Oblast have been released in lakes and rivers of the
Fstonian SSR.(44)
Scores of fish-breeding points have been created on fishing kolkhozes
along the Dnestr and Danube rivers in the Ukrainian SSR. Fish fry are
bred in ponds or floating fish tanks and then released in open ponds. Up
to 100 million fish fry of the net variety are bred in these ponds every
year. State experimental points for breeding sturgeon were constructed at
estuaries of the Dnestr and Danube rivers in the spring of 1953.(45)
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SOURCES
Moscow, Bybnoye 1(hozyaystv0
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2. Petrozavodsk, Leninskoye Z ' 9' 1953
3. Ibid., 16 Jun 53 tea a' 1 SIP 53
4. Ibid., 5 Aug 53
5. Ibid., 29 Aug 53
6. Ibid., 12 SIP 53
' 7. Moscow, Izvestiya, 8 May 53
8. Tallin, Sovetskaya Estoniya, 10 Sep 53
9. Riga, Sovetskaya Latviya, 22 Aug 53
10. Vil'nyus, Sovetskaya Litva, 14 Aug 53
11. Kiev, Pravda 'ukrainy, 4 SIP 53
12. Moscow, Pravda, 24 May 53
13. Leningrad, Leningradskaya Pravda, 29 May 53
14. Pravda, 17 Aug 53
15. Izvestiya, 9 Jun 53
16. Pravda, 26 May 53
17. Ibid., 27 Sep 53
18. Rybnoye Khozyaystvo, no 6, 1953
19. Izvestiya, 29 May 53
20. Leningradskaya Pravda, 12 May 53
21. Izvestiya, 11 Jun 53
22. Alma-Ata, Kazakhstanskaya Pravda, 23 SIP 53
23. Izvestiya, 17 May 53
24. Leninskoye Znargya, 6 Jun 53
25. Ashkhabad, Turkmenskaya Iskra, 9 May 53
26. Ibid., 2 Jun 53
27.' Ibid., 23 SIP 53
28. Ibid., 8 MaY 53
29. Leninskoye Znamya, 15 Aug 53
30. Ibid., 22 SIP 53
31. Pravda, 28 Aug 53
32. Sovetskaya Latviya, 10 Jun 53
33. Pravda Ukrainy, 29 Aug 53
34. Ibid., 18 Sep 53
35. Ibid., 21 Aug 53
36. Baku, Bakinskiy Rabochiy, 1 May 53
37. Ibid., 15 Aug 53
38. Kishinev, Sovetskaya Moldaviya, 12 May 53
39. Sovetskaya Litva, 10 May 53
40. Leningradskaya Pravda, 30 SIP 53
41. Ibid., 15 Aug 53
42. Izvestiya, 1 Jul 53
43. Tashkent, Pravda Vostoka, 14 Jun 53
44. Sovetskaya Estoniya, 4 Jun 53
45. Tbilisi, Zarya Vostoka, 22 May 53
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