Park prirode Telašćica

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Key Information

TYPE
MPA
DESIGNATION
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
LOCATED IN
Croatia
AREA
42 km2 MARINE AREA
70 km2 TOTAL AREA i
MANAGED BY
Croatian Agency for the Environment and Nature
LEVEL OF FISHING PROTECTION (LFP)
Marine life removal is prohibited (or entry is prohibited)
DATA SOURCE(S)

Regulations: MedPAN’s database on Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas. MedPAN. February 2020.

Boundary: Natura2000 (Unmodified)

OTHER DATABASES
World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) ID: 555578794

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Last updated on 31 January 2023.

Purpose

To protect diversity of species and habitats in their favourable condition. Protection includes the application of scientific knowledge, as well as monitoring of human influence to the environment in order to avoid or reduce unfavourable impacts on species and habitats.

Species of Concern: bottlenose dolphin, painted comber, salema, two-banded sea bream, damselfish, mediterranean rainbow wrasse, sea horse, european eel

Regulations Summary

Restrictions

1. Chasing, harassing, disturbing, catching, hurting and killing protected animal species is prohibited.
2. Catching, collecting and taking out shellfish and other marine organisms is prohibited.
3. Hunting with a speargun is prohibited.
4. Littering and any other polluting of air, ground and water is prohibited.
5. The speed of vessels must be adapted to the limitations in the Nature Park (from the line that connects points cape “Pod Poljica” and cape “Gubac” toward the bottom of Telašćica Bay speed should not exceed 10 knots, and the speed of vessels in the bays where a larger number of vessels: Mir, Tripuljak, Kruševica, Kučimul, Magrovica, Pod Dugo Polje, Pasjak and Jaz should not exceed 5 knots).

Allowed

Autonomous diving is allowed with a previously acquired permit, and only on specific locations (Garmenjak Veliki and Mali, Korotan and Podusobine).