On the 17th of June 2020, the German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) held the first hearing to determine the suitability of possible offshore wind sites. During this meeting, the results of investigations and assessments of the effects of offshore wind energy on the… Read More »Meeting on the suitability of areas for offshore wind energy
The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) conducted a meeting on the draft of the concept for the revision of the maritime spatial plans in the German Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea on the 23rd of April 2020.… Read More »International discussion of the concept for the revision of the maritime spatial plan in the German Exclusive Economic Zone
The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) organised a meeting on the draft scoping document as well as on the concept for the revision of the maritime spatial plans in the German Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea on… Read More »National discussion of the draft scoping document and the concept for the revision of the maritime spatial plan in the German Exclusive Economic Zone
The German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) notifies on the scope of the environmental assessment in the context of the revision of the German maritime spatial plan for the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the North Sea and Baltic Sea in accordance with §… Read More »Notification on the determination on the scope of the environmental assessment in the context of the revision of the German maritime spatial plan and the strategic environmental assessment according to § 8 ROG, 31.01.2020
On the 14th January 2020, the 7th meeting of the Scientific Advisory Board for the revision of the maritime spatial plans took place at the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH). The members of the Advisory Board come mainly from scientific institutions and support the… Read More »Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Board for the revision of the maritime spatial plans for the German Exclusive Economic Zone, 14 January 2020, Hamburg
On the 11th November 2019, the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) held an expert discussion on the topic national and Alliance defense at the Federal Office for Infrastructure, Environmental Protection and Bundeswehr Services in Kiel. Representatives of the Bundeswehr from Kiel and Rostock were… Read More »Expert discussion on national and Alliance defense, 11 November 2019, Kiel
On the 6th November 2019, the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) organized an international shipping workshop with participants from Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark. During this workshop, transnational shipping traffic from the English Channel to the Baltic Sea was discussed. After an initial… Read More »Shipping workshop, 6 November 2020, Hamburg
The workshop on fisheries in the North Sea was attended by several representatives from the fisheries industry, administration and research. They stated that fisheries had a difficult position in spatial planning, as the fishing sector requires a high degree of flexibility and was therefore difficult… Read More »North Sea fisheries workshop, 5 November 2019, Hamburg
A first thematic workshop on fisheries was held at the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) office in Rostock. Representatives from fisheries administration, research and industry from Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern reaffirmed the demand for greater spatial consideration of fisheries, but also of fisheries research, in… Read More »Baltic Sea fisheries workshop, 24 October 2019, Rostock
On the 16th October 2019, the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) held an expert discussion on the subject of underwater cultural heritage in Hamburg. Invited were representatives of the state authorities for culture and monument preservation from Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the National… Read More »Expert discussion on underwater cultural heritage, 16 October 2019, Hamburg