The Croatian national broadcaster, HRT, featured SeaCras in a TV news segment on the show More (Croatian for ‘sea’), which regularly brings current topics related to the life, nature, and economy of the Croatian coast every Sunday. In the segment aired on January 11, 2026, our CEO, Dr. Mario Špadina, spoke about how SeaCras uses satellites and artificial intelligence to monitor the state of the sea and detect pollution, and further explained everything the company does. The interview also provided better insight into how technology can specifically help in protecting the Adriatic.
With this segment, HRT put SeaCras in the spotlight for the future of marine area management, so Mario presented a part of the product portfolio our team is working on and shared the main vision.
And that vision is to use technology to make the sea safer, cleaner, and better protected, today and for generations to come.
In the More show, Mario also touched upon our SeaCras App, which uses satellite data and AI to display sea quality in real-time and helps detect changes harmful to the marine environment. The national CAPRI initiative is especially highlighted, which we are implementing with the Croatian Institute of Public Health, educational and county institutes, and other institutions in the Republic of Croatia.
SeaCras App in Zadar Cruise Port
SeaCras App is already being used in various sectors, from maritime traffic to coastal tourism, such as in Zadar Cruise Port and in natural gems like Zavratnica Bay. The latter is a project created in cooperation with Velebit Nature Park and the Rewilding Velebit association. In the bays of Zavratnica and nearby Jablanac, visitors can instantly get information about the sea condition by scanning a QR code.
Coverage Of The Adriatic And Water Resources From Multiple Environmental Impact Aspects
With this TV segment on the show, which is more than important for our Adriatic, Mario presented how the entire Adriatic Sea, along with all coastal areas in Croatia, is constantly monitored and analyzed under the vigilant eye of SeaCras. Transparently for sustainability and inclusivity.
What didn’t ‘fit’ into the TV segment, and what we are also actively working on throughout the Adriatic is:
- implementation of the SeaCras App for tourism with the J. J. Strossmayer Institute for Water (initiative leader), where we provided data for the entire Adriatic, together with DHMZ (Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service), the Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, and the Croatian Institute of Public Health. This unique story involved the jurisdiction of multiple ministries and 13 providers of environmental data, with data ownership held by the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Green Transition of the Republic of Croatia.
- analysis of the impact of maritime operations, especially anchoring in protected areas where Posidonia oceanica is located. The application of SeaCras’s Coastal Intelligence system showed how nautical tourism, including yachts and charter boats, affects protected marine areas with seagrass meadows of Posidonia oceanica
- management of maritime domain and detection of illegal interventions and coastal devastation
- detection of pollution from maritime traffic according to the MARPOL Convention at the level of territorial waters and internal sea (complete supervision)
- biochemistry of water systems, which includes rivers, lakes, water reservoirs, and anthropogenic water bodies such as fish farms, accumulation lakes, etc.
- public health sector – within the national project CAPRI – Coastal Anthropogenic Pollution Risk Identification, for which SeaCras is responsible, the public health monitoring system on Croatian beaches is being improved. The project brings benefits to various sectors, especially coastal tourism, while also preventatively acting to reduce the risk of illness for bathers, especially children.
Protecting The Adriatic First, Through The Prism Of International Recognition
Croatia is rightly counted among the countries with the cleanest sea in Europe. However, the Adriatic Sea is not immune to the numerous challenges of today.
That is why, at SeaCras, we developed and trained the system on historical data and connected it to satellite sources so that it can recognize what is happening in the environment – primarily in the marine ecosystem – in real-time, explained Špadina.
To be able to deliver on our mission, our company gathers a team of experts with various profiles, from biologists, chemists, and physicists to IT engineers.
And our work has been recognized by the World Economic Forum, which included our technology among the top five in the world in the field of blue economy, while the EU Commission, through the Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space (DG DEFIS) and the Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE), included us in the most promising companies in the space sector and marine surveillance technologies, and we also make part of the prestigious Cassini Business Accelerator.
A good part of SeaCras’s activities is dedicated to helping communities that lack the resources for advanced management supported by adequate supervision and monitoring, so we actively maintain our Planet First page where we report on the state of the sea, but in a way that provides real data, not opinion – transparently and for the public good.
Being part of this legendary show, which has been airing stories about our most valuable resource, the sea, for more than 40 years, is a huge honor and an additional boost for SeaCras. And for that, we thank the HRT team for recognizing our work.
We will continue to protect all water resources, and especially our sea. Because protecting the Adriatic means protecting our future.