Croatia · Spearfishing zone
Kornati National Park
What this zone is
Overview
How spearfishing is treated at Kornati National Park.
Fishing is prohibited throughout Kornati National Park under Article 15(1) of the park's Pravilnik o unutarnjem redu (NN 141/2010, as amended by NN 53/2011): 'Na području Nacionalnog parka ribolov je zabranjen.' The only exception is for park residents and property owners, on a licence from the park institution and using an exhaustive list of gears (set and trammel nets, fish pots, one crustacean pot, a squid jig, a bottom longline of up to 100 hooks, gigs without light) that does NOT include the speargun — so spearfishing is prohibited park-wide with no exception. Article 24 further prohibits the use or the possession on a vessel of any fishing gear not listed in Article 17, and Article 11(2) prohibits individual diving outside organised groups except with a special permit from the Ministry.
On the coast
Location
Approximate reference point for this zone. See the full picture on the interactive map.
43.8000°N, 15.3000°E
View on the mapSource
This zone is documented in the official source below.
Before you dive
License for Croatia
Whether you need a license to spearfish here, and how to get one.
A sport licence may be issued ONLY to a member of a sport-fishing federation. For the ANNUAL sport licence the member must belong to HSSRM specifically (Zakon čl. 28. st. 1. t. b)); for DAILY and MULTI-DAY sport licences membership of any national sport-fishing federation suffices (Zakon čl. 29. st. 3.), which is the route open to a visiting foreign spearfisher who holds their own federation's card - at purchase the buyer states the membership-card number and the name of the national federation (Pravilnik čl. 19. st. 3.). Issuing a sport licence contrary to čl. 29. st. 3. is a listed misdemeanour. All sport licences and their special permits are sold by HSSRM member associations (Pravilnik čl. 18. st. 4.); since NN 48/2026, daily and multi-day sport licences may also be bought through the Directorate of Fisheries online shop (čl. 18. st. 5.). Recreational licences are sold by the Ministry - Directorate of Fisheries, its regional offices, authorised vendors and its online shop (čl. 18. st. 1.). All licences are issued electronically. Budget for the licence fee PLUS the federation membership card (and any club subscription).
Get your licenseOpens the official portal · hssrm.hr