Fishermen may file for a State subsidy, paid by the Region, as compensatio n for damages caused by otters and cormorants; last year, the Region paid out nearly CZK 3,000,000. The number of applications for compensation goes up every year. In 2003, 15 applicants filed for compensation of damages caused by otters; a year later, there were 38 applicants, and, in 2006, the Region gratified 69 applications. As for damages caused by cormorants, the Region registered 8 applicants in 2006, and 7 in 2005.
Note: The data presented in the chapter “The Environment” are for the year 2005, unless another date is specified. Statistical updates are always available only in the last quarter of the following year.
Table – Grant Programs of the Vysočina Fund in the Scope of the Environment for 2006