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In new EU member states that jo<strong>in</strong>ed the EU together with Pol<strong>and</strong> fish<br />

consumption ranges from 3.8 kg <strong>in</strong> Hungary to 30.1 <strong>in</strong> Malta.<br />

Sea fish<strong>in</strong>g<br />

FISHERIES<br />

The collapse of sea fish<strong>in</strong>g is related to an almost total elim<strong>in</strong>ation of the stateowned<br />

deep sea fish<strong>in</strong>g fleet, reduced <strong>in</strong> the 1990s from 86 vessels to 5 trawlers at<br />

end-2002 <strong>and</strong> 4 trawlers at end-2003, owned by PPPiH “Dolmar” S.A., of which 3<br />

were chartered by foreign entities <strong>and</strong> are not engaged <strong>in</strong> fish<strong>in</strong>g for Pol<strong>and</strong>. The<br />

collapse of the Polish deep sea fish<strong>in</strong>g was connected with the worldwide process of<br />

fish<strong>in</strong>g grounds appropriation by coastal countries tak<strong>in</strong>g place from 1970s, which<br />

was legally sanctioned by the Law of the Sea Convention <strong>in</strong> 1982.<br />

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