Contact of maritime authority
Władysławowo Harbour Master
Kazimierz Undro
tel.: (058) 6740486, fax: 6740486
Harbour radio
VHF Channel 16
Navigational aids:
Kuźnica Church with spire is conspicuous standing 7.25 miles SE of
Władysławowo. Approaches to the harbour of Kuźnica, situated on Hel
Peninsula require local knowledge. The entrance to the harbour is
declared unsafe due to shoaling.
Quayage and berthing facilities
There is a pier, for fishing boats, situated on the side of Puck Bay.
The other fishing harbour is on the open beach on the Baltic Sea,
on delimited stretch of 100m in length.
General facilities
Fuel
Available in Jastarnia, Hel or Władysławowo.
Water
Available locally.
Slipping
Beach slips for fishing boats.
Stevedoring
Not available.
Fisheries facilities
Ice
Not available locally.
Cold storage capacity
Władysławowo or Hel.
Chilling storage capacity
Rooms for 25t of chilled fish.
Frozen fish transport
Not available.
Types and size of fishing fleet
32 fishing boats (length of 8 to 12m) and average engine power of 50 HP
Types of fish landed (in tonnes) (1995)
Cod
103.4
Flounder
28.9
Salmon-trout
5.8
Garfish
3.9
Eel
3.9
Herring
3.1
Rainbow-trout
0.5
Salmon
0.4
Others
0.1
Total
150.0
Nearest airport:
Rębiechowo, approx. 73km
General information:
Kuźnica is a fishing village and seaside resort situated 4 miles NW of
Jastarnia on the narrow site of Hel Peninsula (300 m in width). The
population is about 1100 and most of them work in fisheries. The first
written record of Kuźnica as a fishing village comes from 1570.
According to the documents from 1772, local fishing community
consisted of 25 fishermen, which used 5 large and 5 small fishing
nets.
In 1889 in the village 35 fishermen, out of 79, had the surname
Budzisz.
Currently in the old fishermen's cottages are accommodation facilities
for tourists.
There are two fishing harbours, one on the beach of open sea and next
one in small port on the side of Puck Bay.
