  We present the detection of 16 optical supernova remnant (SNR) candidates in
the nearby spiral galaxy IC342. The candidates were detected by applying
[SII]/H$\alpha$ ratio criterion on observations made with the 2 m RCC telescope
at Rozhen National Astronomical Observatory in Bulgaria. In this paper, we
report the coordinates, diameters, H$\alpha$ and [SII] fluxes for 16 SNRs
detected in two fields of view in the IC342 galaxy. Also, we estimate that the
contamination of total H$\alpha$ flux from SNRs in the observed portion of
IC342 is 1.4%. This would represent the fractional error when the star
formation rate (SFR) for this galaxy is derived from the total galaxy's
H$\alpha$ emission.
