GDAŃSK TOWN COUNCIL
80-832 Gdańsk, ul. Nowe Ogrody 8/12
tel.: (058) 3022061, fax: 3023041
Chief of local authority
President PAWEŁ ADAMOWICZ
Controlling maritime authority
GÓRKI ZACHODNIE
BOATSMAN'S OFFICE
Contact of maritime authority
Harbour Boatsman
Henryk Łuszczyński
tel.: (058) 3433648
Harbour radio
VHF Channel 16 and 12
Navigational aids:
Górki Zachodnie Beacon (triangulation beacon, square topmark)
stands at on elevation of 22m, on the W bank of Brave Vistula
River about 1 miles S of the river entrance. The beacon is not
easily seen from the seaward but with the light-tower on the
head of the E mole it provides a transit bearing 178° which marks
the W side of the entrance channel clear of the sand bank farther W.
Quayage and berthing facilities
A fishing harbour has wooden pier with a depth of about 4m along side.
General facilities
Fuel
Available.
Water
Available.
Slipping
Available.
Stevedoring
Available.
Fisheries facilities
Ice
Available.
Cold storage capacity
Available in Gdańsk.
Chilling storage capacity
Available.
Frozen fish transport
Available in Gdańsk.
Types and size of fishing fleet
11 cutters (length of 17 to 19m) with average engine power of 183 HP
2 from above - mentioned cutters have permanently conducted direct
fishing for salmon and other salmonids.
5 fishing boats of 9.5 to 12.0m long with average engine power of 25.0 HP
Types of fish landed (in tonnes) (1995)
CUTTERS:
Herring
7.5
Flounder
5.0
Cod
0.6
Bream
0.4
Eel
0.3
Total
13.8
FISHING BOATS:
Herring
831.4
Cod
83.4
Sprat
12.5
Flounder
8.4
Salmon
4.1
Salmon-trout
1.2
Rainbow-trout
0.7
Pike-perch
0.1
Perch
0.1
Others
58.7
Total
1000.6
Nearest airport:
Rębiechowo, approx. 22km
General information:
Górki Zachodnie is a fishing village situated on the W bank of Brave
Vistula River (the middle arm of the Vistula delta), about 1 mile S
of the river entrance. Górki Zachodnie is the E suburb of Gdańsk.
There is coastal rescue station with rescue vessel and appropriate
land equipment
