Fisherman (sea area)
Map of the sea areas in the North Sea and the eastern Atlantic , according to the usage of Seewetterdienstes (Shipping Forecast) of the BBC (missing Skagerrak)
Fischer is a sea area in the eastern North Sea off the Danish coast. It is named after a sandbank in the area . In the north it joins the sea area Utsira Süd and in the northeast on the Skagerrak . Its southern boundary to the German Bight is approximately at the level of Holmsland Klit .
The establishment of this weather forecast area was decided in 1955, together with other changes, in a conference of meteorologists from the North Sea countries . One year later, Fischer was mainly based in the northeastern part of what was then the Dogger region . In 1984 and most recently in 2002 the division of the sea areas was changed again.
Other sea areas in the western North Sea are u. a .:
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Fact sheet No. 8 - Shipping Forecast. ( PDF , approx. 913 KB) In: Met Office National Meteorological Library and Archive. metoffice.gov.uk, 2011, pp. 5-7 , archived from the original on October 6, 2012 ; accessed on May 4, 2017 (English).
- ↑ Map of the German Weather Service for the division of the sea areas
- ↑ On- board weather card (PDF) from the German Weather Service
- ↑ Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency : Weather and Warning Radio ( Memento from March 15, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF), see map on p. 4.
Coordinates: 57 ° 2 ′ N , 6 ° 30 ′ E