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Ribolovna zona E — no-take area B (Kvarnerić)

Prohibited zonespecial fishing-management regime — no-take area (time-limited)

What this zone is

Overview

How spearfishing is treated at Ribolovna zona E — no-take area B (Kvarnerić).

Area B of the special fishing-management regime in fishing zone E (the Kvarnerić, between Krk, Cres, Rab and the Kvarner islands), ≈11.8 km². Under Pravilnik o posebnom režimu upravljanja ribolovom u ribolovnoj zoni E (NN 30/2026) čl. 4(1), ALL forms of commercial, small-scale coastal, sport and recreational fishing are prohibited in areas A and B — so spearfishing is prohibited. The measure implements GFCM Recommendation GFCM/48/2025/6 and is time-limited: čl. 5 applies it from 1 April 2026 00:00 to 31 March 2027 24:00, so re-check whether it has been renewed before relying on it after that date. The separate areas C and D of the same instrument close only bottom trawling and are NOT spearfishing restrictions.

On the coast

Location

Approximate reference point for this zone. See the full picture on the interactive map.

44.8035°N, 14.8113°E

View on the map

Source

This zone is documented in the official source below.

narodne-novine.nn.hr

Before you dive

License for Croatia

Whether you need a license to spearfish here, and how to get one.

License requiredvia Ministarstvo poljoprivrede, šumarstva i ribarstva - Uprava ribarstva (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Directorate of Fisheries) issues all licences electronically; sport licences are sold by member associations of the Hrvatski savez za sportski ribolov na moru (HSSRM), which also issues the mandatory membership card

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 license

Opens the official portal · hssrm.hr

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