This question is about a specific location, but the answers can also be related to other ponds with a similar character as the Amerika pond in Františkovy Lázně.
- is it possible to breed fish in the Amerika pond in Františkovy Lázně;
Part of the Amerika pond is a nature reserve. In the entire territory of the nature reserve, it is forbidden to manage the land in a way that requires intensive technologies, especially means and activities that can cause changes in the biological diversity, structure and function of the ecosystem (Section 34, Paragraph 1, letter a of Act No. 114/1992 Coll.). This means that fish breeding in a pond (farming) is possible, but only with such intensity that it does not cause changes in the structure of the ecosystem, i.e. for example the disappearance of a species that is part of the ecosystem. More intensive farming can only be carried out on the basis of an exemption from the ban, which is currently issued by the regional office. In this case, it is problematic that part of the pond is not limited to farming.
- do civic associations and the Czech Environmental Inspectorate have the right to comment on fish farming in the Amerika Nature Reserve and thus participate in decision-making on the given issue?
Pursuant to Section 70 of Act No. 114/1992 Coll., civic associations whose main mission according to the statutes is the protection of nature and the landscape are entitled to participate in administrative proceedings under the specified conditions. However, the Inspectorate cannot participate in administrative proceedings conducted by other nature protection authorities.