Sustainable management of leisure and professional fisheries at the ...

5. LAKE BOHINJ (slo):
Regulation of fishing and other leisure activities
within a context of strong environmental
preservation
Lake Bohinj (Source: D. TOME)
LAKE BOHINJ (SLO)
Context
Tools
implemented
Author -
silmas
contact
• A lake located in a national park
• A ban on boats with thermic engines
• Regular development of regulation of the various types of use, including fishing,
in order to adapt to new practices
National Institute of Biology – NIB
anton.brancelj@nib.si ; tina.leskosek@nib.si
Certain parts of this presentation are taken from the Triglav National Park management plan.
A. TRIGLAV NATIONAL PARK
Triglav National Park is Slovenia’s only national
park. It is named after the highest mountain right
in the centre of the park, which is also Slovenia’s
highest peak (2,864 m). Its etymology remains
unclear: Triglav (which can be translated as “threeheaded”)
owes its name to its characteristic shape
when viewed from its south-eastern side, or to the
fact that the highest Slavic divinity was supposed
to have his throne on top of the mountain. This
summit is a national symbol featured on the
national flag and crest.
Triglav National Park stretches from the Italian
coast to the Austrian frontier in north-west
Slovenia, which is itself located south-east of the
Alps. The park covers a surface area of 880 km²,
which amounts to 4 % of Slovenia’s territory. It is
also the most eastern European park, and has been
protected since 1924. The main mission of the
Triglav National Park Public Institution is to protect
it; research initiatives have also been undertaken
(http://www.tnp.si/national_park/).