JASTARNIA TOWN AND COMMUNE COUNCIL
84-140 Jastarnia, ul. Portowa 4
tel.: (058) 6752271, fax: 6752176
Chief of local authority
Mayor Tyberiusz Narkowicz
Controlling maritime authority
JASTARNIA BOATSWAIN'S OFFICE
ul. Portowa 26
84-140 Jastarnia
Contact of maritime authority
Dock Master
tel.: (058) 6752013
Harbour radio
VHF Channel 16 and 12
Navigational aids:
Jastarnia Church, with a square tower and cupola standing 11 miles SE
of Wladyslawowo Jastarnia Light (white round tower, red bands and
cupola, 13m in height, horn fog signal) is exhibited about 4 cables
SE of Jastarnia Church. The appro-ach to the harbour from the
Light-buoy (red and white bands, contopmark, radar - reflector)
moored 2.5 miles S of Jastarnia Light.
Quayage and berthing facilities
The harbour from the side of Puck Bay is entered between two
breakwaters, the western one is 200m long and the eastern one
is 80m long, protecting the south facing 60m wide entrance with
depths of 4.5 to 5.0m.
There is one basin with depths of 3.5 to 5.0m, which has concrete
wharfage: the first quay from the east side, with a length of 310 m,
and the second one from the west side with the length of 300m. On
the north side there is passenger ferry pier, 50m in length. The
eastern part of the harbour has a concrete quay used by sport boats.
From the side of the open sea there is beach fishing harbour 100m
long, where boats are launched and retrieved with an electric winch.
General facilities
Fuel
Available.
Water
Available in quayside.
Slipping
A shipyard is located in western side of the harbour. There is slipway for fishing cutters.
Stevedoring
Fresh fish stevedoring estimated at 5000t annually and daylong fish unloading at 200t.
Fisheries facilities
Ice
Production ice plant capacity of 25t per day.
Cold storage capacity
Available in Wladyslawowo.
Chilling storage capacity
Chilling rooms for 50t of fish.
Frozen fish transport
Available for chilled fish.
Types and size of fishing fleet
24 cutters:
22 cutters (17-19m)
1 cutter (24m)
1 cutter (16m)
13 from above - mentianed cutters have conducted also fishing for salmon and other salmonids.
46 fishing boats (length of 8 to 12m) and average engine power of 50 HP.
Types of fish landed (in tonnes) (1995)
CUTTERS:
Herring
936.2
Cod
479.3
Flounder
269.0
Sprat
91.8
Salmon
48.3
Salmon-trout
12.8
Turbot
4.8
Rainbow-trout
4.3
Others
148.3
Total
1994.8
FISHING BOATS:
Flounder
61.0
Cod
55.3
Herring
23.0
Sprat
12.4
Salmon-trout
3.8
Eel
2.8
Turbot
1.9
Burbot
1.7
Garfish
0.8
Salmon
0.7
Perch
0.6
Rainbow-trout
0.5
Pike-perch
0.2
Others
1.9
Total
166.6
Nearest airport:
Rebiechowo, approx. 80km
General information:
Jastarnia is a fishing harbour and one of the most popular seaside
resorts. The population is about 4,000. The port fishing harbour is
placed on the Hel Peninsula from Puck Bay side. Jastarnia is an old
Kasubian village first mentioned in a document dated 1378. The wooden
church was founded in 1750. This time village had 91 fishermen's
cottages with 485 inhabitants.
Jastarnia has been rebuilt and extended between World Wars I and II by
the Republic of Poland. The fishing harbour was built between 1926
and 1928. By that time it was a port for fishing, sailing and tourism.
The harbour was modernised in 1966. There is a signed and dredged water
line (with depth of 4.5 and 5.0m), leading to the harbour. A special
dredging equipment base, for nourishment of the outer side of Hel
Peninsula, is located in the harbour. This is the first Polish harbour
managed by local authorities. There is a lighthouse built in 1950.
Jastarnia obtained town status as recent as 1973.
There are several protected fish spawning areas, in Bay of Puck, on
the western side of the bay. Fishing is prohibited from mid April to
mid July annually.
The only beach fishing harbour is situated from the side open to the
Baltic Sea. There is beach slip way and simple fishing facilities. The
beach harbour is connected by road with the town.
The bulk of the fish landed goes to the various merchants in the port,
who either sell the fish to retailers, or process the fish on the spot.
