Abstract
The article aims to present the influence of the state, Baltic fishing on the community
of the Hel Peninsula. The first part discusses the geographic and biological aspects
of the spit and the history of the state-owned fisheries in the Baltic Sea, including the described
area. The second part indicates the issues related to the crystallization of individual
entities on the Hel Peninsula and the stages of modernization of state-owned enterprises
and cooperatives until 1989. The last part of the article presents the impact of fishing on
the local community, indicating both positive and negative aspects. The privatization fate
of entities and the impact of the restructuring process on people living on the Hel Peninsula
are supplementary.