Metadata : Sea quality annual assesment-Croatia (2015) with results of WFD for Istria county (2011-2016)

Sea bathing water quality assessments (annual and individual) are determined on the basis of criteria defined by Regulation on Sea bathing water quality (OG 73/08) and the EU Directive on management of bathing water quality No 2006/7/EC.
CARLIT (Littoral Cartography) method used to categorize the coastal waters along the Istrian coast. This method is based on the sampling survey in an entire coast with a small boat kept as close as possible to the shoreline and on annotating the appearance and abundance of littoral and sub-littoral communities along the rocky shore. This data related to 2011 and are owned by the Center for Marine Research-Rovinj. It corresponds to sites with a good ecological status according to the nomenclature of the WFD.

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