The Adriatic city of Pula in northwestern Croatia has won the world’s first Friend of the Sea Sustainable City Award.…
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Octopus populations in Croatia have been affected by overfishing and hunting by recreational and professional fishermen.…
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Climate change a key challenge for Croatian fisheries and aquaculture
Innovative solutions necessary to build resilience This article was featured in Eurofish Magazine 4 2022 Marija Vučković,… -
Croatia is well on its way to restrict fishing in 30% of fishing area in the Adriatic This article was featured in Eurofish Magazine 4 2022.…
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September / October 2021 EUROFISH Magazine 5 Country profile: Romania,…
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New study confirms that Croatians are fairly avid eaters of fish and seafood This article was featured in Eurofish Magazine 4 2021. The Directorate of Fisheries in the Ministry of Agriculture conducted an analysis of the consumption of fishery and aquaculture products in the Croatia for the years 2018 and 2019. The aim of the study was to determine the net supply (availability) and per capita (apparent) consumption of fishery and aquaculture products.
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July / August 2021 EUROFISH Magazine 4 Country profile: Italy,…
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Over the last few years, Croatia has set a path to introduce electronic data delivery for the entire fisheries sector. The progress is evident and the introduction of electronic data delivery is very well accepted by the end-users - fishermen, farmers, buyers and the administration itself. Commercial fishers can deliver catch and landings data on paper (logbooks or reports), electronically through e-logbooks, via an app, or by email. Up until now, nearly 40% of the fishing fleet delivers daily catch and landing data electronically/digitally or by mobile application. What is even more significant is that these data cover nearly 98% of the catch.
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Croatia steers Presidency of the EU Council despite coronavirus This article featured in EM 3 2020. Holding the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union is a challenging task at the best of times. Despite being a small country, holding the Presidency for the first time, and facing a Europe-wide health and economic crisis
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This article featured in EUROFISH Magazine 3 2020. A project consortium with partners from Albania and Croatia intends to improve the skills of fishermen by developing a master’s degree in marine fisheries and by upgrading vocational training to provide Albanian fishermen with internationally recognized skills. The agriculture, forestry and fisheries sectors are the main employers in Albania with a share of more than 40%. With regards to fisheries, Albania, as an EU candidate country, is obliged to conduct reforms before it can implement the EU Common Fisheries Policy. At the same time, there is a trend to expand the Albanian fishing fleet with more trawlers and purse seiners. Compared to other Mediterranean fishing fleets, however, Albania’s fleet is small, accounting for less than 1% of the total.
