Vistula Lagoon Vistula Lagoon The Vistula Lagoon (; or "Kaliningradskiy Zaliv"; ; ) is a brackish water lagoon on the Baltic Sea roughly 56 miles (90 km) long, 6 to 15 miles (10 to 19 km) wide, and up to 17 feet (5 m) deep, separated from Gdańsk Bay by the Vistula Spit. It is now known as the Vistula Bay or Vistula Gulf. The modern German name, "Frisches Haff", is derived from an earlier form, "Friesisches Haff". The lagoon is a mouth of a few branches of the Vistula River, notably the Nogat, and the Pregolya River. It is connected to
Beymelek Lagoon ("Lithognathus mormyrus"), white grouper ("Epinephelus aeneus") and sargo ("Diplodus sargus"), as well as blue crab ("Portunus pelagicus"). Average fishing Catch efficiency is given with 21.3 kg fish per hectare. Endangered turtle species loggerhead sea turtle ("Caretta caretta") is also under protection in the fishery. The fishery is also a sanctuary for 20 bird species. Beymelek Lagoon Beymelek Lagoon () is a lagoon on the Mediterranean coast, which is used as a fishery, in Antalya Province, southwestern Turkey. It is named after the village of Beymelek, which is located to the west of the water body. It is situated in Demre