Government Contacts & Information resources for Commercial Fishing, Seafood, Aquaculture, Marine & Oceans in Croatia

General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean - Consisting of 22 Member countries along with the European Community, the GFCM’s objectives are to promote the development, conservation, rational management and best utilization of living marine resources, as well as the sustainable development of aquaculture in the Mediterranean, Black Sea and connecting waters. Membership is open to both Mediterranean coastal states and regional economic organizations as well as to United Nations member states whose vessels engage in fishing in Mediterranean waters.

Fishery and Aquaculture Country Profile for Croatia - aquatic species caught by country or area, by species items, by FAO major fishing areas, and year, for all commercial, industrial, recreational and subsistence purposes. The harvest from mariculture, aquaculture and other kinds of fish farming is also included.

An international bottom trawl survey in the Mediterranean - In the Mediterranean, the main demersal fisheries are localized on narrow continental shelves along the coasts. Experiences during the last decades in this area have shown that it was difficult to obtain a global estimate of the demersal resources from fishing activity, especially due to the very large dispersion of the landing places, the important diversity of the species caught and the scarceness of reliable statistics. This situation has induced different European Union States to conduct national programmes for the assessment of these resources from repetitive trawl surveys. A lot of the demersal resources in the Mediterranean are considered as fully or over-exploited.

Some fish species found in Mediterranean

Latin name

Citharus linguatula

Eutrigla gurnardus

Helicolenus dactylopterus

Lepidorhombus boscii

Lophius budegassa

Lophius piscatorius

Merluccius merluccius

Micromesistius potassou

Mullus barbatus

Mullus surmuletus

Pagellus acarne

Pagellus bogaraveo

Pagellus erythrinus

Pagrus pagrus

Phycis blenoides

Raja clavata

Solea vulgaris

Spicara flexuosa

Trachurus mediterraneus

Trachurus trachurus

Trisopterus min. capelanus

Zeus faber

Aristaeomorpha foliacea

Aristeus antennatus

Nephrops norvegicus

Parapenaeus longirostris

Eledone cirrhosa

Eledone moschata

Illex coindetti

Loligo vulgaris

Octopus vulgaris

Sepia oficinalis

The Croatian Bureau of Statistics (CBS) is a state administrative organisation, central authority, principal producer, disseminator and coordinator of the official statistics system of the Republic of Croatia.