Activities of the Institute The Fisheries Research Institute of Slovenia performs public service activities
The Fisheries Research Institute of Slovenia performs public service activities in the fields of Freshwater and Marine fisheries. It also engages in commercial activities in the areas of sport and recreational fishing and fish farming, and different research and expert tasks in the field of fisheries biology.
Freshwater fishing
Establishment and maintenance of a comprehensive information
system of fisheries, monitoring of fish populations, and fish monitoring
as an element of the ecological status of waters according to the
regulations on environmental protection and waters, and the provisions
of the Freshwater Fishery Act;
Performing of other professional tasks according to the
regulations on environmental protection and water, which include mainly
the preparation of the proposal for the monitoring program and the
methodology and the method of fish monitoring as an element of the
ecological status of water;
Performing of other professional tasks according to the regulations on nature conservation and Freshwater Fishery Act;
Implementation of fisheries management in the waters of special
significance, determined by governmental decree and in the fishing
districts in which a decision has not yet been made or have been
deprived of a concession for the management of fishing;
The transmission of data from fish monitoring as an element of the
ecological status of waters to the ministry responsible for water, in
order to evaluate the ecological status of water;
the preparation of preliminary studies to determine the boundaries of
fishing areas and fishing districts;
Preparation of preliminary studies for the fish management program and for granting of concessions;
Preparation of plan for fishery management in fisheries areas;
Production of fish- breeding plans; certification of annual programs of fisheries management performers;
Issuing approvals and expert opinions.
Marine fisheries
Collection of the prescribed data;
Exploration of fishery resources;
The monitoring (of current conditions) to ensure the sustainable use of fish and fishing possibilities;
Monitoring fish populations and fish monitoring as an element of
the ecological status of water according to the regulations on
environmental protection, water, and provisions of the Marine Fisheries
Act;
Reporting to government bodies, community bodies, and
international organizations in the field of fisheries, of which the
Republic of Slovenia is a member.
Market activities
Various research and professional tasks in the field of fisheries biology;
Marketing of sport and recreational fishing in the waters of
particular significance in which the fisheries management is implemented
by the Fisheries Research Institute of Slovenia;
Breeding and sale of fish and fishery supplies at fish farms; issuing of professional journals and other periodicals;
Performing educational tasks;
Other professional tasks set out in the annual work program and financial plan of the Fisheries Research Institute of Slovenia.
