Amber fishing

    • Will there be a third series of „Złoto Bałtyku”?

      The second season of the series „Baltic Gold”, which enjoyed even greater interest from Polish audiences than the first, will be broadcast in as many as 30 countries in Central and Eastern Europe later this year. Will the success so far be a sufficient incentive to film a third season?

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    • Changes to amber extraction rules

      Bringing amber under mining ownership law, an 80-fold increase in exploitation fees, and the requirement to hold a licence for both the prospecting and extraction of amber are just some of the changes planned by the Ministry of the Environment in the amendment to the Geological and Mining Law.

      Amber sourced in the Lublin region by Stellarium

    • Are we in for a winter price hike for amber?

      Forecasters are warning of a bitter and long winter – if their predictions come true, the consequences could also be unpleasant for amber craftsmen, as amber prices may rise again.

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    • 700,000 for the promotion of amber

      This is precisely the amount that the Pomeranian Regional Tourist Organisation will spend by the end of November this year on promoting the Pomeranian Amber Trail and the tourist offering of the Pomeranian region and its centuries-old cultural heritage.

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    • 16th Amber Fishing World Championships

      70 kg of amber awaits to be fished out – from the sea and beach wrack – by participants of the eliminatory rounds and finals of the 16th Amber Fishing World Championships, which this year will take place unusually on the first weekend of August.

      Last year's VIP final round

    • Amber treasures in Człuchów

      „Although everyone has heard of amber, very few people know about it. Człuchów is another place where we can talk about this stone,” says Joanna Grążawska, manager of the Gdańsk Amber Museum, part of whose amber collection will be presented at a temporary exhibition in the Regional Museum in Człuchów until the end of September this year.

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    • Amber gathering on the Vistula Spit

      The newly published book by Eryk Popkiewicz, „Amber Prospecting on the Vistula Spit in the Light of Ethnographic and Historical Sources”, will premiere at the Amberif trade fair.

      Amber hunters

    • YES to legal amber mining

      On Saturday at noon, 20 people planted 1,000 saplings in the Jantar forestry district on the Vistula Spit as a sign of protest against illegal amber digging and the authorities' inaction in making municipal plots available for the exploration and extraction of this raw material.

      Planting the saplings took over 2 hours

    • Guide to legal amber extraction – an interview with Krzysztof Twardowski

      Is it easier to extract amber illegally or legally? What conditions must legal diggers meet and does this work pay off? These and other questions are answered by Krzysztof Twardowski, who has been searching for and fishing out amber for 20 years.

      Amber is now being extracted from deposits that were unprofitable just a few years ago

    • NO to illegal amber mining

      Members and supporters of the International Amber Association will plant one thousand trees on 9 November in the Jantar forest district on the Vistula Spit. The action aims to show that amber workers are opposed to environmental devastation caused by illegal amber extraction.

      Legal amber mining

    • End of the amber eldorado?

      Amber eldorado, amber fever, amber harvest, Sobieszewo beaches full of amber – these are the kind of headlines the media have been feeding us for the past month. Was there really that much amber there?

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    • The 14th Amber Fishing World Championships have concluded

      Over 70 kg of amber was „caught” by participants in the qualifiers and finals of the 14th World Amber Catching Championships, which concluded last weekend with the final rounds in the senior, under-16, and VIP categories.

      Marta Pyra - winner in the seniors category

    • You too can become World Champion

      Under this slogan, the Amber Fishing World Championships JANTAR 2012 have begun. Every participant has a chance to win the title of World Champion and find the true treasure of the Baltic Sea – amber. The finals are this coming weekend on the beach in Jantar.

      Competitors are searching for amber in the peat

    • Amber lovers at the Jackiewicz Gallery

      As part of „Mariacka under the Stars”, the Jackiewicz Gallery will showcase, among other things, photographs by Ewa Magnucka depicting amber fishers from Sobieszewo Island. They will be complemented by an exhibition of amber found in recent years in Sobieszewo by Piotr Błoński.

      Amber fishing on Sobieszewo Island

    • Time for the amber finale

      After eliminations in several Baltic towns, it's time for the grand finale of the Amber Fishing World Championships. The event, planned for July 9th and 10th on the beach in Jantar, will be accompanied by, among other things, numerous concerts, shows, and a popular science conference dedicated to amber.

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    • Amber promotion – competition ideas

      By the end of May, participants in the international competition „School on the Amber Route” should submit reports on their conducted activities. The ideas are truly noteworthy: pupils from Primary School 12 in Gdańsk organised a nationwide art competition „Amberly”, and youngsters from the Education Centre for Primary and Lower Secondary School No. 6 in Gdańsk searched for amber in the Baltic Sea.

      Everyone found amber!

    • Amber at the Days of the Sea in Szczecin

      Around 250 exhibits – mainly from the collections of the Amber Museum in Gdańsk – will be presented at the National Museum in Szczecin in the exhibition „Amber – Gold of the Baltic”, which will highlight the celebrations of Sea Days.

      Amber bear cub from the Słupsk area

    • XIII World Amber Fishing Championships

      Around 100 kilograms of small amber will be found on the beaches in Jantarny, Gdynia, Hel, Krynica Morska, Sztutowo and Jantar by the participants of the 13th World Amber Fishing Championships.

      Fishing for amber from the sea during last year's championships

    • Fewer and fewer amber pieces in the Baltic

      The largest piece of amber found so far was discovered on the beach in Sobieszewo in 2004. The amber lump, weighing 94 decagrams, was fished out of the water by Sylwester Malucha, who lives on the island. To this day, this record has not been beaten.

      Amber hunting on Sobieszewo Island - September 2010

    • Amber in Wieliczka

      Next Thursday, 2 December, the Kraków Saltworks Museum in Wieliczka will open the exhibition „Mining in Polish Lands – From Flint to Shale Gas”.

      Hydraulic amber extraction from Holocene sediments of the Vistula delta

    • 100 kilos of amber on the beach in Jantar

      Last weekend on the beach in Jantar, where the qualifiers and the final of the 12th Amber Catching World Championships were held, 267 people from Lithuania, Poland, Spain, the Czech Republic and Russia searched for the gold of the Baltic.

      Amber hunting in the beach-mining layer