The Eko-Pan association's activists and members of other associations and sports clubs held today's regatta, thus launching a campaign against the plan to construct seven mini power plants along the river.
The amount of electricity to be generated this way is low, while damage to biodiversity and tourist trade would be huge, activist Denis Franceskovic said at the beginning of the race.
Prominent actress Zrinka Cvitesic, who joined in the campaign, recalled that the construction of the power plant Lesce on the nearby River Dobra had already caused damage to the nature.