Vistula Lagoon Haff" = "Fresh Lagoon". Digging a canal to connect the lagoon with the Baltic Sea is in consideration as a major EU-supported project. The canal, would re-activate the Elbląg river port. It would also free its dependence on Russia, which time and again revokes the right of passage for Polish ships through the Strait of Baltiysk as a form of pressure on Polish authorities. In October 2016 details of the project were confirmed by PiS leader, Jarosław Kaczyński. The long, 80 metres wide and 5 metres deep canal shall be completed by 2020 at an estimated cost of PLN 880
Malyi Sasyk Lagoon The water body is included into the Tuzly Lagoons National Nature Park. Malyi Sasyk Lagoon Malyi Sasyk Lagoon, or Small Sasyk (, ), is a salty lagoon in the Tuzly Lagoons group in Tatarbunary Raion of Odessa Oblast, Ukraine. It is located to south from the Shahany Lagoon. The total area of the lagoon is 2.36 km². The lagoon is connected with the Dzhantshey Lagoon in south. The touristic village Rasseyka is located on the north-west coast of the lagoon. The lagoon is separated from the Black Sea and also from the Shahany Lagoon by the sandbar with the marine