German federal agencies
German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH)
www.bsh.de
CONTIS (database on human activities in the marine environment)
www.bsh.de/de/Meeresnutzung/Wirtschaft/CONTIS- Informationssystem/index.jsp
Research institutions
Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute (vTI)
German Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries
Institute of Fisheries Ecology (FOE)
Institute of Sea Fisheries (SF)
Institute of Baltic Sea Fisheries (OSF)
www.vti.bund.de
University of Oldenburg Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM)
www.icbm.de
International institutions
OSPAR Commission for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic (OSPAR Convention)
www.ospar.org
Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas (ASCOBANS)
www.ascobans.org

