31st August, 2023 Experts express concern about biodiversity in the Wadden Sea More than 150 representatives from science, nature conservation, and politics met at Wadden Sea Day titled “Put the Wadden Sea’s Biodiversity on the path to recovery!” Read more
5th July, 2023 Second Trilateral Swimway Conference confirmed for April 2024 and call for abstracts opened Focusing on applying scientific evidence to manage human impacts on fish life cycles, the conference approach is to balance the outcomes of the latest research on fish life cycles with contributions on the practical implementation of scientific findings to dedicated and effective conservation efforts. Read more
3rd July, 2023 Coordinated surveys confirm continuous growth of grey seals in the Wadden Sea In the past five years, the number of grey seal pups in this region has shown an average annual growth rate of 13 percent, while the number of adult animals counted during the moult grew by 12 percent annually. Read more
20th June, 2023 Hamburg National Park Authority and CWSS meet on Jour Fixe Upon invitation of the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat (CWSS), the Hamburg Wadden Sea National Park Authority (NPV HH) visited the Wilhelmshaven office on 8 June for personal exchange. Read more
30th May, 2023 Harald Marencic: “We are the guardians of the Wadden Sea World Heritage Site” Harald Marencic has been with the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat for 27 years. At the end of May 2023, he will retire. Read more
26th April, 2023 Experts formulate management guidelines for avian flu outbreaks in Sandwich tern colonies As migratory birds are returning from their southern wintering grounds to their breeding sites in the Wadden Sea, in view of the experience in 2022, researchers and site managers are concerned about new outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in colonially breeding birds. Read more
Management guidelines: Mitigation and data collection strategies for avian influenza in bird colonies in the Wadden Sea Download
27th March, 2023 Bird flu: International experts discuss management priorities for the Wadden Sea The scale of the outbreak of the bird flu, more specifically the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), in the North Sea region in the breeding season of 2022 was unprecedented. Read more