In connection with the fish deaths in the Oder, oil barriers in the Szczecin Lagoon should prevent a greater spread of possible fish carcasses.
The environment ministers of Poland and Germany as well as the federal states of Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania have agreed on this, as a spokesman for the Schwerin environment ministry said on Monday.
The meeting, attended by MV Environment Minister Till Backhaus (SPD), took place on Sunday evening in Stettin (Szczecin), Poland.
Stettin/Altwarp/Schwerin - So far, no dead fish have washed up from the Oder in the German part of the lagoon into which the Oder flows - at around 900 square kilometers it is about twice the size of Lake Constance.
The Oder reaches the Stettiner Haff near Stettin on the Polish side, two-thirds of which belongs to Poland.
There are two water connections to the Baltic Sea.
The smaller eastern part of the lagoon starts at Altwarp, belongs to Germany and is connected to the Baltic Sea via the Peenestrom.
The death of fish in the Oder has been worrying fishermen and other people who live on the border river in Poland and Germany for days.
According to government information, Polish authorities had already received the first indications at the end of July that many dead freshwater fish were floating in the river.
In Brandenburg, large quantities of fish carcasses have been taken out of the river in recent days.
According to government information on the Polish side, the exact cause is still unclear.
Further laboratory results are expected in Brandenburg on Monday.
Among other things, it is checked whether an increased salt content in the river water is related to the fish kill.
Brandenburg's Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke (SPD) wants to get an idea of the situation in Lebus an der Oder on Monday.
dpa
