North Sea German deep-sea fishery

North Sea at the commercial port in Geestemünde

The Nordsee Deutsche Hochseefischerei was a German deep-sea fishing company .

history

German steam fishing company "North Sea" (1911)

Bremen shipowners and merchants founded the joint stock company Deutsche Dampffischereigesellschaft "Nordsee" in 1896 . In the following year she already managed 23 fish steamers . The fact that they had almost all city names was intended to advertise in inland sponsored cities. While the administration was based in Bremen , the government of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg built its own fishing port for the fleet in Nordenham with storage, shipping and net halls, workshops and ice houses. Before mechanical ice production began, sailing ships brought the ice from Norway to the Lower Weser in winter.

From the beginning, the aim was to achieve the long-term tripartite nature of the company: fishing, fish processing and fish delivery via its own sales outlets to the end consumer. Own shops in Bremen were opened on Viktualienmarkt in the year it was founded and in 1898 . Transporting worried own railway refrigerator cars .

The heavy fishing in the North Sea made it necessary to search for new fishing grounds around the turn of the century . Fishing started off Iceland around 1905 . From 1906 to the 1920s, “Moroccan fishing” was carried out in the Atlantic off North Africa. In 1928/29 ships in the North Sea were already visiting the sea areas around Greenland . It was not fished on a large scale until after the Second World War .

Share over 1000 RM of the "North Sea" Deutsche Hochseefischerei Bremen-Cuxhaven AG from 1935

As a result of the global economic crisis , the merger with other companies in the fishing industry under the name "Nordsee" Deutsche Hochseefischerei AG came from 1928–1934 . From then on, 60% of the fleet was stationed in Cuxhaven. In 1934, the entire Nordenham operating facilities moved to the east side of the Geestemünder commercial port. In the same year the company headquarters was relocated from Bremen to Wesermünde . The head office was a former warehouse between the tracks of the Geestemünder train station . The building was already there in 1862.

With the commissioning of FD Essen in 1957, the conversion from steam to motor ships began. In 1960 the corporation was converted into a limited liability company. Unilever and Dresdner Bank were the big shareholders .

The company quickly recovered from the great losses in World War II, despite the Allied conditions. In the 1960s, pelagic fishing , stern catchers and factory vessels emerged . The expansion of territorial waters , which was unfavorable for the Federal Republic of Germany, and overfishing in traditional fishing areas brought German deep-sea fishing into a deep crisis. Nevertheless, in 1980 the North Sea was still the most important fishing company in Europe. It processed over 1 million kilograms of raw material every day. The sales network comprised 40 warehouses for the wholesale sector in Germany and West Berlin as well as 300 fish specialty shops in Germany and Austria.

gastronomy

The company is a leading fish supplier and the third largest chain store restaurateur after McDonald’s and Burger King . The turnover is 357 million euros.

literature

Ingo Heidbrink , Werner Beckmann, Matthias Keller: ... and today there is fish - 100 years of the fish industry and fish wholesaling in the spotlight . Hauschild Verlag, Bremen 2003, ISBN 3-89757-202-8 .
Ingo Heidbrink: Germany's only colony is the sea. German deep-sea fishing and the fishing conflicts of the 20th century . Convent Verlag, Hamburg 2004, ISBN 978-3-934613-80-5 .

Publications in the Niederdeutschen Heimatblatt

Dieter Kokot: "Father of the economic miracle" came on board. Fish steamer KOBLENZ and deep sea fishing in the 1950s . In: Men from Morgenstern , Heimatbund an Elbe and Weser estuary e. V. (Ed.): Niederdeutsches Heimatblatt . No. 808 . Nordsee-Zeitung GmbH, Bremerhaven April 2017, p. 1 ( digital version [PDF; 5.9 MB ; accessed on July 16, 2019]).
Peter Bussler: A trip to the Wingst 80 years ago. A company party of the "Nordsee" Deutsche Hochseefischerei AG in 1937 . In: Men from Morgenstern, Heimatbund an Elbe and Weser estuary e. V. (Ed.): Niederdeutsches Heimatblatt . No. 819 . Nordsee-Zeitung GmbH, Bremerhaven March 2018, p. 1–2 ( digitized version [PDF; 11.2 MB ; accessed on June 23, 2019]).

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Klaus-Peter Kiedel: "North Sea" Deutsche Hochseefischerei GmbH . In: Lars U. Scholl (Hrsg.): Bremerhaven - a port history guide . Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum / Ditzen, Bremerhaven 1980, pp. 102-105.
^ Peter Raap , Bremerhaven
↑ Fishing: Absolutely great . In: Der Spiegel . No. 25 , 1985 ( online ).
^ Georg Giersberg: People & Economy. Two Münsterlanders in the North Sea . The North Sea restaurant chain has been stagnating for years. Young customers in particular avoid them. The former baker Heiner Kamps and his companion Hiltrud Seggewiß want to change that now. In: FAZ . Frankfurt am Main August 21, 2015, p. 20 ( digitized version [accessed June 23, 2019]).

[KPK-1] Klaus-Peter Kiedel: "North Sea" Deutsche Hochseefischerei GmbH . In: Lars U. Scholl (Hrsg.): Bremerhaven - a port history guide . Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum / Ditzen, Bremerhaven 1980, pp. 102-105.

[2] Peter Raap , Bremerhaven

[3] Fishing: Absolutely great . In: Der Spiegel . No. 25 , 1985 ( online ).

[4] Georg Giersberg: People & Economy. Two Münsterlanders in the North Sea . The North Sea restaurant chain has been stagnating for years. Young customers in particular avoid them. The former baker Heiner Kamps and his companion Hiltrud Seggewiß want to change that now. In: FAZ . Frankfurt am Main August 21, 2015, p. 20 ( digitized version [accessed June 23, 2019]).