Spearfishing licence (on the left, orange) cost this season 700kn for 30 days.
You have to be a member of a spearing club in order to buy a licence.
If you are not member of any club, you can get a years membership of a local club for about 50kn (on the right, white-ish).
You can buy the licence in Dubrovnik, Korcula and Ploce (in the south of Croatia).
:rcard
well, sort of... it depends on the town I guess. Because here in Rovinj the ONLY AND ONE AND ONLY (= MONOPOLY) place where you can buy a spear fishing license is at a
particular travel agency.
so, here's what they charged me:
50k = $10USD membership to club
+
50k = $10USD agency 'convenience' fee for selling me a REQUIRED MEMBERSHIP :vangry
+
700k = $140 for fishing license for foreigner 30 day license :roll eyes:
Total =
$800kuna =
$160USD to go spearfishing for 30days in Croatia
I TRIED to go to the "Meduza Club" to buy the membership from them and save myself the rip-off of 50k more but they apparently CAN'T sell their own membership to foreigners?! :headThey also told us we do not need a club membership to buy a license, and the club in Pula also told us on the phone that we do not need a club membership to buy the license. This is NOT true- you DO NEED A MEMBERSHIP... this law changed here 3 yrs ago. The 2 licenses (angling vs. spearing)
now are separated by this fact. You do
not need the membership if you are fishing with hook and line.
What's funnier is that we went to the port authority building to buy the license there, and they had NO IDEA where we should buy a fishing license. We went to police at port customs, they TOO said it's only sold at the one agency. Same story at all fishing supply shops. :head
There is a travel agency on every street corner in Rovinj, but only ONE with 'authority' to issue fishing license. :blackeye
Only good thing is that I DO have a license now, and the member ship lasts a year, so I only have to pay an additional 700k for my next 30 day license.
Happily, my buddy from Zagreb has a friend here who also loves spearfishing and wants to take us out every morning on his boat. rofl :friday
hope to post a pic if we get a good one.