This agreement was signed on 1.02.2003 by the former Polish Regional Sea Fisheries Inspectorates in Gdynia, Słupsk and Szczecin and the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries. It covers the cooperation in the fields of monitoring, control and surveillance of fisheries, especially the exchange of information on landings and inspections, exchange of personnel between the relevant control authorities.

The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) is a regional fisheries management organization (RFMO) established under the provisions of Article XIV of the FAO Constitution. The main objective of the GFCM is to ensure the conservation and the sustainable use, at the biological, social, economic and environmental level, of living marine resources as well as the sustainable development of aquaculture in the Mediterranean and in the Black Sea (GFCM area of application). The GFCM is currently composed of 24 members (23 member countries and the European Union) who contribute to its autonomous budget to finance its functioning and 5 Cooperating non Contracting Parties (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Jordan, Moldova and Ukraine).

This Danish-German Arrangement on measures aimed at increasing the safety of navigation in the Kadetrenden was signed in 2001.

This agreement on Maritime and Aeronautical SAR Co-operation was signed in Vilnius 19.10.2009 between Ministry of Infrastructure in Poland and Ministry of Transport in Lithuania.

This Working Group involving Germany and the Netherlands was established within the framework of EmsDollart Treaty of 8 April 1960, (D/NL)

This operational agreement covers the Pomeranian Bay and deals with co-operation and response activities concerning marine accidents and combating marine pollution by oil and other harmful substances. It will be replaced by the POLGER Agreement (please see above).

The Fisheries and Aquaculture Department of the FAO supports all efforts to promote Blue Growth - with its emphasis on reconciling social and economic development with environmental performance - to all fisheries and aquaculture policies. It promotes and supports the implementation of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries, in addition to providing scientific advice, strategic planning, and training materials. It serves as a neutral forum to discuss issues related to international cooperation and multistakeholder approaches. The Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries (EAF) used by the FAO is the appropriate and practical way to implement the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries.

German authorities have established Memorandums of Understanding (MoU’s) on Joint Mutual Support for Maritime Search and Rescue with Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

The POLGER Agreement is a bilateral operational agreement between Poland and Germany on cooperation and response activities in dealing with maritime incidents of pollution or the threat of pollution in the Baltic Sea Area involving oil and other harmful substances. Not yet in force

The German Maritime Search and Rescue Organisation (DGzRS), has put in place Operational Agreements with their respective counterparts in Denmark (Admiral Danish Fleet) the Netherlands (the Netherlands Coast Guard), Poland (Polish Ship Salvage), Sweden (Swedish Maritime Administration) and the UK (Her Majesty’s Coast Guard).