“Our fishing needs a future,” said Jürgen Peters, mayor of Neuharlingersiel (Wittmund district) “If no changes come now, then in a few years there will hardly be any fishermen left on the German North Sea coast,’ warned Peters. The Weser-Ems State Fishing Association welcomed the initiative.
Tourism association: Empty ports without sheep are like dikes without dikes. The tourism organization represents nine districts and cities along the Lower Saxony coast.