. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. EUROPE 57 USSR TO BUILD OR BUY STERN FACTORY TRAWLERS INTO 1970s In the early 1960s, the Soviet Union ordered 65 large stern factory trawlers of the "Tro- pik" class from East German shipyards. The Ministry of Fisheries, through state-owned import firm SUDOIMPORT, ordered 21 more Tropik ves s els--while East German ship- yards were finishing designs for an even more modern "Atlantik" class. The latter has more horsepower, greater fish processing capacity, and larger holds. The Atlantik Class The first Atlantik-class vess
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. EUROPE 57 USSR TO BUILD OR BUY STERN FACTORY TRAWLERS INTO 1970s In the early 1960s, the Soviet Union ordered 65 large stern factory trawlers of the "Tro- pik" class from East German shipyards. The Ministry of Fisheries, through state-owned import firm SUDOIMPORT, ordered 21 more Tropik ves s els--while East German ship- yards were finishing designs for an even more modern "Atlantik" class. The latter has more horsepower, greater fish processing capacity, and larger holds. The Atlantik Class The first Atlantik-class vessel was de- livered to the Soviets July 7, 1966; the 86th and last Tropik on Nov. 7, 1966, for the an- niversary of the October Revolution, A delay in further delivery of Atlantiks was caused by a temporary Soviet refusal to accept this class because of technical prob- lems. When these were solved. East Ger- many produced and delivered to the USSR about 25 Atlantiks during 1967. Rate of pro- duction will increase to 30 vessels per year by 1970, when the last, 103rd, Soviet-ordered Atlantik will be launched. ("Seeverkehr," May 1967.) The first Soviet-bought, Atlantik-c 1 as s vessel began fishing in the Northeast Pacific off coasts in November 1968; on Georges Bank in the Northwest Atlantic in January 1968. Other vessels of this class operate in the South Atlantic and off California. E. Germans Build Own There is some indication that the East Ger- mans are beginning to construct more fishing vessels for themselves. The former's ship- yards are achieving great capacity. After 1970, East Germany may launch a second wave of southward fisheries expansion. The first, launched in 1967, reached waters off the U. S. in mid-summer of that year. PROMOTES FISHERMEN TRAINING ON HIGH SEAS The first fisheries training vessel was de- livered to the Soviets by Burmeister and Wain (B & W) of Copenhagen, Denmark, in early March 1968. The vessel is 103 meters ( feet)long and
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