Croatian politicians have justified the move by citing the need to protect the resources of the Adriatic, where a lack of fish is becoming a problem and the country is facing a constant influx of foreign ships, searching for areas that have not been depleted.
Hrvatski političari pravdali su odluku navodeći potrebu zaštite resursa u Jadranu, gdje nedostatak ribe počinje predstavljati problem, a Hrvatska se suočava sa stalnim priljevom inozemnih brodova, koji tragaju za područjima koja nisu ispraznjena.