MARINE FISHERIES ACTI. GENERAL PROVISIONSArticle 1. Marine fisheries as considered under this Act are management of renewable biological resources of the sea, and include protection, exploitation and rearing of fish and other marine organisms.Fish and other marine organisms in the fishing sea are renewable elements of nature of high interest for the Republic of Croatia and hence enjoy the special protection as defined by and practiced in accordance with this Act. Article 2. Fish and other marine organisms, except in the specially protected areas of nature, can be caught, collected and reared under the terms defined by this Act and subsequent regulation based upon it. Article 3. Unless otherwise determined by this Act, the terms used in this Act have the following meaning: l. fishing is commercial fishing, small-scale fishing and sports and recreational fishing, 2. commercial fishing is the activity of catching and collecting of fish and other marine organisms with the aim of realizing ...