Great Elector Herring fishery
The Great Elector Herring fishery was a logger fishery . It was founded in Emden in 1904 and existed until 1969.
Foundation (1904)
It was founded with subscribed capital of 1 million marks. Of these, 20 new loggers that were built with state aid were to be purchased. These planning requirements of the joint central board of the Emden logger fishery could be met by 1907. Further new loggers were ordered. When the First World War broke out, the company had 23 herring loggers.
Restart after the First World War (1919)
A new beginning did not take place until 1919, when 16 loggers had reached the port of Emden when the war broke out . The fleet was modernized and in 1932 15 motor loggers and six steam loggers were in operation for the society known colloquially as the Great Elector . Some of these came from the Glückstadt herring fishery and the Braker herring fishery , which was closed in 1927 . Another six new motor loggers have been ordered through the government's new build program. The Great Elector Herring Fishery thus became the largest company in Emden. The farm was also modernized and enlarged in the mid-1930s.
Merger of the Great Elector Herring Fishery and the Dollart Herring Fishery (1950)
The last new building of the Great Elector Herring Fishery from 1939 was converted by the Navy into a war aid ship; it was dismantled in 1948 and was used for driftnet and trawl fishing . Some of the steam loggers were then converted into motor loggers.
In 1950 the Great Elector Herring Fishery and the Dollart Herring Fishery were merged , as Schulte & Bruns in Emden held the majority of shares in both companies. In the mid-1950s, five combined loggers with insulated holds were built to meet the demand for fresh fish. In contrast to the loggers, the only salt and Matjes herring landed, the combined logger could be used all year.
Further mergers and closure of the company
From 1958 a common business policy was pursued with the empty herring fishery , and in 1961 the Glückstadt herring fishery was also included. However, various developments such as overfishing , personnel problems on the loggers, changed consumer habits, the loss of East German consumers and competition from Holland , England and Scotland led to the abandonment of the Emder in 1969 and the German logger fishery in 1976.
literature
- Dieter Finnern: Knowledge store, fishing expertise . 2nd, revised and supplemented edition. Transpress, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-344-00359-3 .
- Gerhard Köhn: Sea thrown & sea salted. Logger fishing off the German North Sea coast. As a reminder. to the Glückstadt herring fishery founded 100 years ago. Mocker & Jahn, Soest 1994, ISBN 3-87902-800-1 .
- Jens Rösemann: Kok-in-Ruum on the herring logger. A youth at sea or the pursuit of perfection. Johann Heinrich Döll, Bremen 1996, ISBN 3-88808-227-7 .