Fishing industry in Denmark vogue, on the same lines as adopted by North Atlantic nations. Three broad categories of fishing in Denmark are industrial fishery, fishery for human consumption (also known as pelagic fishing), and demersal fishery. Industrial fishing is for industrial use of producing fish oil and fish meal. Initially, Industrial fishing using trawlers began in the 1940s with herring fishing in the North Sea. Over time, other fish species included sand eel, Norway pout, blue whiting and sprat (sprat in Skagerrak/Kattegat and in the Baltic Sea). By 1993, the percentage of sand eel was about 70%, when the total industrial fish catch
Ministry of the Fishing Industry (Soviet Union) of Fish Industry USSR was divided by ukase of the Presidium, Supreme Soviet USSR, into a Ministry of Fish Industry of Eastern Regions USSR and a Ministry of Fish Industry of Western Regions USSR. On 28 December 1948, the Ministry of Fish Industry of Eastern Regions USSR and the Ministry of Fish Industry of Western Regions USSR were consolidated into the Ministry of Fish Industry USSR by ukase of the Presidium, Supreme Soviet USSR. "Source": Ministry of the Fishing Industry (Soviet Union) The Ministry of Fish Industry (Minrybprom; ) was a government ministry in the Soviet Union responsible for prodiving