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Name of the project: Name of the project: Name of the project: Name of the project: Reconstruction of Karepa Fishing Port Stage II of Ristna Guest House Acquisition of equipment Construction of a boathouse for the valorisation of fish Applicant: MTÜ Karepa Kalasadam Applicant: OÜ Larsen FP Applicant: FIE Janar Väljaots Applicant: AS Peipsi Kalamees Location: Karepa Port, 45401 Karepa Village, Location: Ristna, Keibu Village, Location: Väljaotsa, Rannaküla, Rural Municipality, Lääne-Viru County Lääne-Harju Rural Municipality, Location: Sadama 5, 60301 Kolkja Small Rõngu Rural Municipality, County Contact: Tea Treufeld, telephone: 5205763, Town, Peipsiääre Rural Municipality, Contact: Janar Väljaots, email: [email protected] Contact: Enn Tõnissoo, telephone: +372 5451 0922, telephone: 5059038, Contact: Anatoli Filippov, email: [email protected] PROJECT Activities: reconstruction of email: [email protected] Background and activities: AS Peipsi telephone: 56625412, Activities: the objective of this project Karepa Fishing Port Karepa Port Website: www.ristnasadam.ee Kalamees was founded in 1996. It is a email: [email protected] is to improve the economic viability of a is a home port for small fishing so-called family business since 70% of fishing sector entrepreneur in the fishing EXAMPLES boats, concentrating recreational fishermen protects boats and serves a decorative its employees are relatives. There are area of Lake Võrtsjärv via the diversification from the villages of Karepa, and purpose. The depth of the port basin is 2.3 eleven regular employees, but in the of activities. Considering the present and direct marketing of fish besides fishing IN in Lääne-Viru County. Before this project, it metres now, which makes it possible to high season the number of employees recipe that everybody liked – it contained situation in the fishing area of Lake Võrtsjärv, do not have the time to make fishing gear had been a traditional regional fishing port host smaller yachts in the future. Activities: the guest house of Ristna Vacationers can enjoy the0 amazing sandy in Lääne-Harju Rural Municipality, at the can be up to fourteen. just the right amount of salt, seasoning, current traditional activities need to be themselves. Currently, fishermen order the throughout the ages but, in the course of As a next step, the non-profit association Port is a contemporary accommodation beaches of Keibu and Alliklepa. It is a Port of Ristna just by the sea. We are only In the course of this project, the etc. The sample batch was completed in enhanced and changed. Within the frames service of fishing gear production from afar, time, it had been left without care and had plans to create a berth and a ramp for establishment that has all conveniences perfect place for all sea and nature lovers, one hour from , but still far enough enterprise acquired kitchen equipment (a December 2018 and the production of of this application, an ancillary building with e.g. from . The target group of this started to fall apart. Its old jetty had been mooring, which it hopes to carry out with the and is suitable for family vacations, and bird watchers. We are located on the from the hustle and bustle of city life. Here, vacuum packager, a can seaming machine, canned products for sale started in April a total area of 104.8 m2 was built in Väljaotsa service includes the professional fishermen partly flushed into the sea by storms, and support from structural funds. Their dream is business meetings as well as bigger Ranniku hiking trail. Ristna Guest House is you will find something that you cannot find a deep fryer, a dome dishwasher and a bag 2019. In the future, the enterprise plans registered immovable in Rannaküla, Elva of the region of Lake Võrtsjärv. the port basin was filled with sand due to create a multifunctional port building. events. situated on the northwest coast of Estonia anywhere else. packager) which make it possible to offer to start making additive-free canned fish Rural Municipality, in order to start the order- By commencing the provision of to currents. In order to prevent the port In a long-term perspective, the As a result of renovation, an old fish customers new products and improve the products in oil. based production of fishing gear for other this service, the entrepreneur can earn from going into ruins and to preserve the restoration of Karepa Port helps to revive shop was converted into a modern guest quality of existing products. The current Currently, products are mostly sold at fishermen of Lake Võrtsjärv. additional income to improve its economic traditional lifestyle of the coastal people, a coastal villages around Karepa, to make house for up to fifty guests together with a selection includes four types of canned fairs. Feedback from buyers has been very Until the present time, FIE Janar viability and quality of life, and start non-profit association for the restoration of them attractive for the younger generation, 120-seat restaurant, terraces, conference Total cost of the project: fish in tomato sauce: perch fillet, pike positive, and even though many claim that Väljaots has only been engaged in fishing operating all year round. the port was established. to diversify activities, to develop tourism rooms and saunas. For those coming from Total investment: 285 289 EUR perch fillet, European smelt and bream. the time of canned food is over, it rather on Lake Võrtsjärv. In addition to skills and The statutory objective of Karepa Port and other endeavours, to make use of the the land we offer rooms with a sea view, Grant amount: 199 702 EUR The canned products do not contain any seems to apply to mass production. experience in fishing, he also has the skills is the following: charitable maintenance existing knowledge of and experience in and seafarers are welcomed by a safe additives and are handmade. and experience needed to make fishing of fishing spots; supporting, preservation, the traditions and fishing techniques of berth spot and a hot sauna. There is also Canned fish is prepared by five gear suitable for use on Lake Võrtsjärv. fostering, promotion and cultivation of the coastal people, and to share them by access for people with reduced mobility. employees. The enterprise only uses fish There is a market demand for the Total cost of the project: Estonian fishing culture and coastal life means of trainings and workshops. The guest house is currently focused on caught by itself from Lake Peipsi. The planned activity in the neighbourhood of Total investment: 42 394 EUR in the public interest; reconstruction and the organisation of trainings, seminars and enterprise searched for the right tomato Total cost of the project: Lake Võrtsjärv, because there is currently no Grant amount: 11 543 EUR (the administration of Karepa Fishing Port. workshops. We pay special attention to fish paste for quite a while, and only the fourth Total investment: 12 090 EUR such service available on the spot and not applicant applied for 29 676 EUR, PEIPSI KALANDUSPIIRKONNA With the support of the European Total cost of the project: trainings, and since there is no separate paste tested was found suitable. In the Grant amount: 6 045 EUR all fishermen have the necessary expertise. but there were no more funds ARENDAJATE KOGU

Maritime and Fisheries Fund, an important Total investment: 342 767 EUR port building at Ristna Port, we offer a hot development process, the enterprise Likewise, the preparation of fishing gear is available in this call for proposals) part of the port was completed in 2018 – Grant amount: 189 000 EUR sauna and a warm meal to those coming made five or six different canned products a time-consuming job, and those fishermen shore protection and a new jetty which from the sea. amongst which the employees chose the who are also engaged in the processing

HIIUMAA SAAREMAA LÄÄNEMAA PÄRNUMAA FISHERIES AREA Agricultural Technology Production the power station, which confirmed that FISHERIES AREA the villages of Nasva and Mändjala, the Developing a multifunctional port would FISHERIES AREA packaging of fish. The enterprise also ac- FISHERIES AREA Cooperative built a barrage (probably the migration of river lamprey (Lampetra reconstruction of the port would serve make it possible to cover any arising costs quired an isothermal van to transport fish and the one that was demolished), using an fluviatilis) to spawn is significantly the interests of several other residents of better, i.e. to offer the guests of the port paid fish products. By today, the product portfolio excavator and a bulldozer. obstructed. Lääne-Saare Rural Municipality, for whom services, and to use this income to cover of Kipperi Kala OÜ includes 28 different The provision of the so-called In August 2012, there were three Nasva River Port, the only operational small wage costs and any other running costs. products, which are usually sold at fairs and Name of the project: Name of the project: Creation “mainland electricity” started on 7 June manmade migration barriers on the river, Name of the project: Stage I of the port in Lääne-Saare Rural Municipality, is Name of the project: various events. The fisherman catches the Acquisition of a fish biscuit of fish passages on the barrages 1974. On 6 November 1975, Hiiumaa was of which two were within the City of Kärdla: reconstruction of Nasva River Port too far from their homes for regular use, Opening a fish shop in majority of its raw material himself, but the production line on River Nuutri in the City of Kärdla switched into the common energy system the first barrage of Kärdla power station but creates a safe access to the sea. The enterprise also purchases the catches of of the northwest region of the . (0.38 km from the river mouth, damming Applicant: Lääne-Saare Rural project is also supported by the majority of Applicant: Kipperi Kala OÜ other fishermen in the region. Applicant: Lahekala OÜ Applicant: Hiiumaa Rural Municipality From 1974 to 1975, single machines were height 0.7 m), and the second barrage of Municipality Government property owners and summer islanders of In 2017, the enterprise had to choose kept in operation to maintain the voltage. Kärdla power station (0.47 km from the the region. Location: Tallinna 18, whether to continue with the same model Location: Tööstuse tee 5, Location: power station barrages Until the end of 2004, Kärdla power station river mouth, damming height 0.55 m). Location: Ülejõe 4, Nasva Small Town, The professional and recreational 90303 Lihula for marketing fish or to create a permanent 88301 Audru, Pärnu County on River Nuutri was used as a reserve power station. Since no other fish species besides sea Saaremaa Rural Municipality, fishermen using the port have formed a Contact: Andres Habak, fish shop in Lihula. This dilemma primar- Contact: Avo Miiter, telephone: Contact: telephone: +372 4636082, The objective of the planned activity trout could swim further upstream from Contact: telephone: +372 452 0450, non-profit association named MTÜ Nasva telephone: +372 52 00 519, email: ily derived from the fact that the existing 503 1603, email: [email protected] email: [email protected] is to ensure the good ecological status the lower barrage located in Kärdla, both email: [email protected] Jõesadama Ühing to cover costs related to [email protected] marketing model only allowed selling fish Website: http://www.petbit.ee/ of River Nuutri, and the main prerequisite of these barrages had to be eliminated or the management of the port together. products in the summer season and, in win- for that is the creation of fish passages redesigned into rapids. ter, the enterprise’s income dropped. on the barrages of Kärdla power station. This project should result in a situation Therefore, in 2017, the enterprise Activities: the first barrage on River Nuutri The lower barrage located in the City of where the barrages of Kärdla power station Background and activities: the reconstruc- to more than twenty professional fishermen Activities: Andres Habak, the owner of Kip- prepared a construction project and Activities: Lahekala OÜ is engaged in a line for the production of fish biscuits in Kärdla was built in connection with the Kärdla can only be passed by sea trout, are passable for fish and the ecological tion of Nasva River Port was undertaken and recreational fishermen using the port. peri Kala OÜ, has been operating as a fisher- applied for a grant from the EMFF’s ­making pet food from fish. The products in order to launch an innovative product start of the generation of electricity at the and other species of fish cannot swim status of the river has improved. ­because the port of Saare Kalur dating It will improve the working conditions of Total cost of the project: man since 1992. Constant fluctuation of the measure to establish a fish shop. The ­include pet food made from dried fish and to turn low value fish caught in the beginning of Vabaduse street (since the further upstream from this barrier when The project brings benefit to the fishermen back to the Soviet era was simply too fishermen and increase the usage activity Total investment (eligible costs): buying-in prices of fish and price pressure investment totalled to EUR 119,183, of which (sprat, Baltic herring, smelt, white bream, fishing area of Pärnu County into export power station moved several times in the rising from the sea to the river. In 2012, the and all other residents of Hiiumaa, as it outdated and worn out. The direct objective of the port. As a result of this project, it will 249 804.73 EUR from purchasers led the entrepreneur to the the grant from the EMFF constituted EUR ruffe). As the raw material, the enterprise production. 1940s, some of the buildings had formerly Environmental Board of Estonia carried ensures fish access to spawning grounds of the project is to create the conditions be possible to start offering official port Grant amount: 200 000 EUR idea of establishing a fish processing enter- 71,509. This grant was used to reconstruct uses frozen fish – mostly low value fish The enterprise wishes to expand its belonged to Kärdla broadcloth factory). out exploratory fishing by the barrages of and, thereby, helps to improve biodiversity. for the safe commissioning of the port and services. prise of his own. This idea became a reality shop premises in Lihula, to create cold and category III fish. The enterprise sells assortment and also to start drying bigger There were no barrages on the river to ensure the conformity of the port to the Nasva River Port is an important in 2007 with the help of the axis “Sustainable stores, and to purchase furnishings, most of its production for export. OÜ La- low value fish such as roach, round goby, when Kärdla broadcloth factory was still requirements established in the Ports Act. infrastructure facility in the region. There development of fishing areas” of the EFF. refrigerated display cabinets, furniture and hekala started its activity by converting a crucian carp, vimba bream, white bream, in operation. The water level of the river The primary activity in this stage is are three important ports in Lääne-Saare With the help of the Fisheries Fund, the en- cash registers for the shop. The shop was warehouse into a cold store, the purpose etc., which often lacks sufficient demand started to be regulated in the mid-1950s. Total cost of the project: the reconstruction of the berth structures Rural Municipality: fully developed Nasva terprise reconstructed the rooms necessary opened in 2018. By now, the shop has of which was to create the conditions and is difficult to utilise for fishermen. That To be more precise, in 1953 or 1954 when Total investment: 41 680 EUR of the port, which should guarantee safe Port, Port, and Nasva River Port for fish processing in a former warehouse in become known among local residents as needed to establish a sufficient stock of is why the enterprise wants to launch a the “new” power station building (not the Grant amount: 41 680 EUR departure from the shore and safe landing being reconstructed within the frames of Lihula, created cold stores, and purchased well as people visiting Lihula. The shop has frozen fish to guarantee constant produc- product that would be suitable for both the three-storey building, but the one just by at the port. After the completion of this this project. The reconstruction of the port modern equipment for the processing and two employees. tion. After that, the enterprise purchased domestic pet market and export market. the river) and chimney were built. Along project, the port must meet the conditions helps to create possibilities for professional with these a small temporary dam was also for safe marine navigation and be usable as and recreational fishing, but it also provides built, and it was later improved. Water level a fishing port. better opportunities for reviving tourism in needed to be raised to cool down large The fishermen using the port will have the region. The aim of the planned project Total cost of the project: Total cost of the project: diesel engines (earlier, the water demand a safe environment for engaging in their is to create new jobs at the port as well as Total investment: 119 183 EUR Total investment: 489 892.21 EUR of steam engines was fulfilled by means of specialty at a professional level, which to offer local entrepreneurs the possibility Grant amount: 71 509 EUR Grant amount: 293 935.32 EUR pumps, and the water was taken from the creates better possibilities for earning a to develop entrepreneurship in connection river as it did not cause a significant amount living wage. The fish unloaded at the port with the port by providing services to of scale). The first large diesel engines can be immediately stored and cooled to tourists visiting the port. arrived in 1962 and were taken into use ensure the preservation and high quality of The local community fully supports at the end of 1962. For that, the Estonian fresh fish. The first stage will bring benefit this project. In addition to the residents of