https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A report published on Wednesday accuses Germany of systematically ignoring scientific advice on fishing quotas, thereby endangering fragile fish stocks in north European waters. https://www.thelocal.de/20170830/germany-has-an-environmental-blind-spot-when-it-comes-to-fishing-report-argues Wed, 30 Aug 2017 14:55:44 +0200 germany-has-an-environmental-blind-spot-when-it-comes-to-fishing-report-argues The German navy rescued a fisherman who had been stranded in the Baltic Sea for 27 hours, after spotting him by chance while on exercise on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20151013/fisherman-rescued-after-27-hours-at-sea Tue, 13 Oct 2015 12:47:22 +0200 fisherman-rescued-after-27-hours-at-sea German fishermen made a surprising catch this week when they pulled the oldest recorded message in a bottle out of the sea. A man from Berlin scribbled the note 101 years ago. https://www.thelocal.de/20140307/german-fishermen-find-101-year-old-message-in-a-bottle-world-oldest Fri, 07 Mar 2014 11:59:00 +0100 german-fishermen-find-101-year-old-message-in-a-bottle-world-oldest A German sport fisherman recently made the catch of his life – a monster halibut nearly two-and-a-half metres long weighing 194 kilos. https://www.thelocal.de/20130528/49955 Tue, 28 May 2013 09:54:00 +0200 49955 Volunteers have pulled 25 tonnes of dead carp out of a lake in eastern Germany - there are so many, locals are running out of boats. Regional officials have admitted they are baffled - only carp seem to be dying in the lake. https://www.thelocal.de/20130506/49549 Mon, 06 May 2013 13:29:00 +0200 49549 The number of harbour porpoises washing up dead on Germany’s North Sea beaches has been unusually high this year, sparking concern among environmentalists who are trying to figure out what has been killing them. https://www.thelocal.de/20120914/44967 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 12:31:00 +0200 44967 Germany’s herring fleet is netting record catches, pulling in five times as many fish than normally seen at this time of year, despite complaints from fishermen about hungry seals. https://www.thelocal.de/20120228/41011 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 08:45:00 +0100 41011 The North Korean ambassador to Germany was caught poaching fish in a Berlin river this week – but waved away police who found him, and carried on with a grin, citing diplomatic immunity. https://www.thelocal.de/20120120/40227 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:25:00 +0100 40227 In an effort to understand more about the life-cycle of the endangered European eel, scientists in northeastern Germany are implanting the animals with electronic tracking devices. https://www.thelocal.de/20111102/38585 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 08:19:00 +0100 38585 A German fishing enthusiast has snagged a massive 29-kilogramme salmon in a northern Sweden stream, four years after first casting his line in Swedish waters. https://www.thelocal.de/20111012/38157 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:44:00 +0200 38157 In an effort to protect the ocean floor off the coast of the North Sea island of Sylt, environmental group Greenpeace on Tuesday renewed its controversial campaign dropping large boulders to hinder trawling and gravel mining operations. https://www.thelocal.de/20110802/36697 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 18:25:00 +0200 36697 Though his catches may be meagre, a German pensioner is single-handedly keeping the centuries-old tradition of North Sea crabbing via dog sled alive. https://www.thelocal.de/20100813/29143 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:24:00 +0200 29143 An immigrant population of crayfish from the United States has invaded the waters of the northern German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, threatening the local population with a crustacean plague. https://www.thelocal.de/20090811/21171 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:50:00 +0200 21171 Many of northeastern Germany’s coastal herring fishermen will be forced to return to port early this year. An EU reduction in the catch quota means many crews have already reached their limit, fishery groups said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20090401/18381 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:46:00 +0200 18381 Overfishing threatens many of the 31 species of sharks that swim in the cold Baltic Sea off the northern German coast, researchers warned on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20080515/11901 Thu, 15 May 2008 19:57:00 +0200 11901