T'OEJO FISHING STATION

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T00246A052700380001-5
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 4, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: February 15, 1960
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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SUBJECT Toejo Fishing Station
DATE OF
INFO.
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Information on the organization
STATE f r X ARMY J X NAVY X AIR X NSA X FCI
operation and equipment of the T'oeJo Fishing
/ 5 February 1960
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1. T'oejo Fishing Statim
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1. Location: The T'oejo Fishing Station, the third largest fishing
station in NK, was located in T'oe3o.- p, Toejo-glen, H ar ng-na-do. It
hed.five oblong, one-story wooden building in a11; and each house was
approodmately 10 meters in width, 200 meters in length, and 10 meters
in height, with a roof covered with slates and iron sheets.. The
constructlcn for these houses was begin in 1954 and was coe>pleted in
October 1955? However, the office building of the fishing station was
a one-story concrete building about 20 meters by 50 meters and approxi-
mately 2.0 meters In height with a tiled roof. Inside those five houses,
there were nothing but salting tanks made of cement. Each house had
20 salting tanks, and a tdbk had a salting capacity of 15 tons of fish.
2. O~~r n~ization: administrative affairs su
offices wages, material distribution, and meetings, as 50X1-HUM
follows:
1) ftrqAgth : The office of the fishing station maintained approziaately
115 personnel including the chairman of the station, while the
number of fishermen of the station was estimated at 500,
2) Offices: subordinate the 50X1-HUM
station had
Besides the chairman's office, there were the Accounting
, Labor Department, Staff Department, Fishing Department,
etc.
3)
Warts: A sai3, boat skipper received 2,500 Won monthly, while his
crewmen respectively received 2,400 Wan monthly. An engine boat
skipper received 2,600 - 2,800 * a month, and his crewmen 2,.300 -
2,400 W1n a month'respeetively.
Material Distribution: The following items were distributed equally
to eakh member of the station for free of charge.
a) Labor Uniforms: To pairs a year.
b) Labor Shoes: Two pairs a year.
c) labor Two caps a year.
However, In food distribution,the fishermen alone received pure rice
900 grams each daily, and their family members respectively received
per day 700 grams of rice mixed with 3U percent of minor grain;
while office workers received mixed grain.
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F6set Meetings were held within the fishing station once or
twice in each month to discuss on fishing activities and other
technical prob *ms.
Fh3ag Boaltap The station maintained approxitely 40 fishing boats. 50X1-HUM
Of the 40 boats,, 30 ware engine boats and the remaining to, were all sail
boats. The engine boats were divided into three classes, i.e. 50-ton.,-54-ton..
ant 58 is Though the place of manufacture'of these boats was Fu~g it was certaain the 50X1-HUM
6-7 a is bad been mmmractared at agtory
in NIL Each engine boat was manned with 13 or 14 crewmen, while other
sail boats carried aboard them eight or nine crewmen respectively. Each
.Mn boat, painted in' either black or Mite, was about 12 meters by 13
meters. The engine and sail boats could fish at any fishing ground that
located in the limits of -NK Waters. However, boats were to got permission
in advance from the station authorities, before they set sail for deep-sea
fishing,, though-such a case was rare. The fish caught by this fishing
station boats at sea far from the station fishing area, was handed over to
a nearest fishing station,and the boats carried only receipts to their
station.
k. Fishing Ground & Products: The boats of the station engaged in fishing all
the year round. Hawever, between My and July, the boats fished at sea within
40 kilometers' distance from the station. The fish caught in this period
was the mackerel. In autumn season between September and. October, the
boats of the station chiefly caught the flat fish at sea in front of Sinp'o
area in Hemgyng-nemdo and of T'ongeh'$n In Kangwn-do. In early winter
season from October to December, the boats mainly caught pollacks at front
sea of SiM' o and of Wonsan in Kangw$ri-do.
1) FjaUA %le e: The quarterly fishing quota imposed upon each fishing
boat of the station ranged: i,hoo - 1,500 tons in pollack season;
appraadmately 3,000 tons in mackerel season; and 200 tow in flat fish
season. When a boat caught more fish than its quota, the quantity
caught in excess was checked by personnel of the Fishing Department
of the station, and thus.the crewmen of the boat were to receive
additional payment for *the exceeding amount, The additional money vas
usually distributed evenly to each member of the boat on pay day.
2) Price:
a) Mackerel: 20 Won per couple mackerels in official price.,
b) Pollack: 45 Wjk per 20 pollaeks in official price.
a) Flat Fish: 5 W.& per 20 flat fish in official price.
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3) Se: AU the fish cau ht by the boats of this station Biers salted
Wt-Ube station, and then were coaiitained in straw bags to be sent to
consumers' cooperative stores by cargo trains. Havever, nearby stores
of the saw kind sent trucks of their ova to purchimss fish at this
fishing station. 50X1-HUM
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