Ocean Fisheries – Burgas Co was a Bulgarian company founded in 1964 and based in the Black Sea port city of Burgas, whose ocean trawlers and freezer vessels undertook fishing voyages in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, including their southern portions now known as Antarctic Ocean.L. Ivanov and N. Ivanova. Fishing. In: The World of Antarctica. Generis Publishing, 2022. pp. 146-147. The fish was either sold in foreign fishing ports or shipped to Burgas and processed by the fish canning plant of Slavyanka Co.Memories from the time of socialism: ‘Ocean Fisheries’ founded 54 years ago. BurgasInfo website, 26 February 2018 (in Bulgarian)Slavyanka Beach. Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
In particular, ships of the company operated in the waters of South Georgia, Kerguelen,Levenov Point. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica the South Orkney Islands, South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula from 1970 to the early 1990s. Designated onboard teams of marine biologists undertook fisheries research off South Georgia and the South Orkney Islands.L. Ivanov. History of Bulgarian Polar Research: 30 years Bulgarian Antarctic expeditions. Bulgarian Polar Journal, 2021 No. 1, pp. 2-7. Those Bulgarian fishermen, along with those of the Soviet Union, Poland, and East Germany, were the pioneers of modern Antarctic fishing industry.K.-H. Kock. Antarctic Fish and Fisheries. Cambridge University Press, 1992. p. 183 Several dozen geographical features in Antarctica are named in association with the company.SCAR Composite Gazetteer of AntarcticaL. Ivanov. SCAR SCAGI National Report 2019 Bulgaria. SCAR SCAGI Meeting. Pisa, June 2019
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