Lim Bay

The Lim Channel is a place created by nature, and it is a flooded karst valley 11 km long. The entire valley of Lima stretches almost to the center of Istria, and is about 36 km long.In 1989, the waters of the Lim Channel were declared a special marine reserve.The steep slopes of the bay have been declared a national natural heritage, rich in local coniferous and deciduous flora, with Mediterranean magic.Due to the biological and chemical characteristics of seawater, the area contributes to the conservation and reproduction of fish, and especially the cultivation of shellfish - mussels and oysters.Locals call the bay the Lim Channel, and tourists like to call it the attractive name of the Lim Fjord, probably because of the 1963 film about the Vikings featuring long boats with Richard Widmark and Sidney Poitier, as well as The Vikings with Kirk Douglas and Tony Curtis in main roles.In 1978, in cooperation with the Center for Marine Research of the Ruđer Bošković Institute in Rovinj, a pilot project of cage farming of sea fish was created, and in 1981 one of the first Mediterranean prototypes of commercial cage farming of sea bass and sea bream was created.Shellfish farming is a traditional activity in the Lim Channel, renewed in the early 1980s, and today, along with the Ston Bay and the Shibenik waters at the mouth of the Krka River, it is an important breeding ground, especially for European oysters (Ostrea edulis).Shellfish farming requires a clean and “healthy” marine environment, so it is important to protect their habitats from pollution, the impact of urbanization, intensive tourist and recreational tourism, illegal fishing and other human interference with the shellfish habitat.Rare places like the Lim Channel are a real gem, visiting it provides a special and unique experience of ecological, gastronomic and educational tourism.

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