THE POSSIBILITIES OF MARICULTURE DEVELOPMENT IN THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA

Snažnija razvojna kretanja u nacionalnoj marikulturi, koja bi bila sukladna našim raspoloživim prirodnim potencijalima, izostala su, što je prije svega posljedica nesigurne političke i makroekonomske okoline u kojoj se marikultura razvijala. Ova se ocjena prije svega odnosi na kavezni uzgoj bijele morske ribe i školjaka, dok je uzgoj krupne pelagičke ribe u velikom zamahu. Taj je zamah posljedica rastućih potreba japanskoga tržišta za ovim oblikom proizvodnje, premda se može očekivati postupna stagnacija zbog strogih ograničenja izlova koji je podloga za daljnji uzgoj. Valja očekivati daljnji nastavak razvoja marikulture kontroliranim uzgojem postojećih i uvođenjem novih, autohtonih vrsta riba i školjkaša, uz stalne napore da se poboljša konkurentnost proizvoda na domaćem i stranom tržištu, reduciranjem ulaznih troškova, poboljšanjem kakvoće proizvoda i stalnim unapređenjem ekoloških i zdravstvenih standarda. Potrebno je stvoriti pretpostavke za unapređenje programa kaveznog uzgoja tuna, s osobitom pozornošću na ekološke aspekte ove proizvodnje. Predstoji modernizacija sektora proizvodnje lubina i komarče, osnaženje temeljne infrastrukture i logistike, te sustavna potpora istraživačkim i razvojnim programima marikulture. Tako će marikultura trajno pridonositi opskrbljenosti tržišta vrijednim proizvodima mora, gospodarskom rastu, trgovini i poboljšanju životnog standarda ruralnih, napose otočnih zajednica.A stronger development of national mariculture that would be compatible with natural potentialities has not been acheived yet, primarily because of uncertain political and global macroeconomic environment in which mariculture is being developed. Such a characterization can be applied for finfish production in the floating cages and hanging shellfish culture on longline systems while breeding of tuna fish in cages is expanding. An intensive development of tuna culture is a consequence of increased demands of Japan market, eventhough one can expect slow down of such a production because of limited catch of subadult fish on which tuna production is based. The mariculture development is looked upon as controlled breeding of existing and newly introduced autochthonous fish and shellfish species with constant efforts made to make these products competitive on national and interantional market. Thus the reduction of costs, better product quality and constant advancement of ecological and health standards are the main tasks of further mariculture development in Croatia. It is also indispensable to create the necessary preconditions for further development of tuna culture in floating cages particularly paying attention to ecological aspects of such a production. There are also needs to medernise the production of sea bass and gilthead sea bream, to reinforce mariculture infrastructure and logistic, in addition to sistematic support to research and development of new mariculture projects. That will be a way how mariculture can provide market with high valued marine products, to contribute improvement of trade and economic growth, and finaly to advance the living standards in rural and island communities in particular

The politics of performance: transnationalism and its limits in former Yugoslav popular music, 1999–2004

This paper examines transnational relations between the Yugoslav successor states from the point of view of popular music, and demonstrates how transnational musical figures (such as Djordje Balaševi?, Mom?ilo Bajagi?-Bajaga and Ceca Ražnatovi?) are interpreted as symbolic reference points in national ethnopolitical discourse in the process of identity construction. Another symbolic function is served by Serbian turbofolk artists, who in Croatia serve as a cultural resource to distance oneself from a musical genre associated by many urban Croats with the ruralization (and Herzegovinization) of Croatian city space. In addition, value judgements associated with both Serbian and Croatian newly composed folk music provide an insight into the transnational negotiation of conflicting identities in the ex-Yugoslav context. Ultimately the paper shows how the ethnonational boundaries established by nationalizing ideologies created separate cultural spaces which themselves have been transnationalized after Yugoslavia's disintegration