KRYNICA MORSKA TOWN AND COMMUNE COUNCIL
82-120 Krynica Morska, ul. Gdańska 69b
tel.: (055) 2476630, fax: 2476566
Chief of local authority
Mayor EDWARD BEDNARZ
Controlling maritime authority
PIASKI BOATSWAIN'S OFFICE
Contact of maritime authority
Harbour Boatsman
Jan Kacpura
tel. (058) 2471606
Harbour radio
VHF Channel 16
Navigational aids:
Piaski has access to the waters of the Gulf of Gdańsk and the
Vistula Lagoon. Piaski Fishing Light is exhibited from a metal
framework column on the brick tower of the old lifeboat station
near the coast about 6.25 miles NE of Krynica Morska Lighthouse.
From the side of Vistula Lagoon Leading light in line bearing 304°
lead to the harbour through the buoyed approach channel.
Quayage and berthing facilities
From the side of Gulf of Gdańsk a stretch of open beach is accessible
for fishing boats, where they are launched and retrieved with a simple
winch. From the side of Vistula Lagoon there is a shallow boat harbour
divided into two parts by a pier.
General facilities
Fuel
Not available.
Water
Available.
Slipping
There is slip for fishing boats on E quay of the harbour.
Stevedoring
Not available.
Fisheries facilities
Ice
Production plant, capacity of 25t per day.
Cold storage capacity
Not available.
Chilling storage capacity
Chilling rooms for 50t of fish.
Frozen fish transport
Not available.
Types and size of fishing fleet
11 fishing boats (length of 5 to 7m) and average engine power
of 25 HP from the side of Gulf of Gdańsk
30 boats, mainly laminate, average lenth 8.1m with engine power
of 49 HP to 82 HP, from the side of Vistula Lagoon.
Types of fish landed (in tonnes) (1995)
GULF OF GDAŃSK:
Flounder
90.0
Herring
8.0
Pike-perch
5.4
Turbot
2.5
Salmon-trout
1.9
Cod
1.8
Eel
1.4
Salmon
0.2
Roach
0.2
Bream
0.1
Others
0.1
Total
111.6
VISTULA LAGOON:
Herring
27.2
Eel
21.3
Pike-perch
4.5
Bream
4.3
Perch
3.5
Roach
1.1
Burbot
0.2
Others
0.3
Total
62.4
Nearest airport:
Rębiechowo, approx. 82km
General information:
Piaski is a fishing village and seaside resort situated on Vistula
Spit, 2.5 miles from the national border. Piaski is a village formed
round an inn dating from 1429. In the 15th century it was a fishing
village administered by Gdańsk, and from the 16th century it was an
ecclesiastical village. It was often threatened by shifting sands.
The last church, modelled on a structure in a park in Sopot, was
dismantled during the First World War. A Mennonita cemetery dating
from the 18th century has been preserved here. Population is about
200, mostly employed in fishery. Fishing harbour from the side of
Vistula Lagoon is divided into two parts by the wooden pier 51m
long. The W quay is 84m long, E quay is 84 m long and N quay 66m
long. There is a beach harbour, 87m long, from the side of Gulf of
Gdańsk. The road connects the beach harbour with the village. During
fishing season on the waters of Vistula Lagoon, the boats from the
beach harbour have been transported by lorry to the lagoon fishing
harbour.
