Adaptation of the area Fishing village as pilot centre for endangered fish stock including monitoring station (MKD/OP3/02/06/08)
Project Details & Results
According to the Strategic action plan for the Sustainable Development of the Prespa park, in the international transboundary waters of Macro and Micro Prespa lake a total of 23 fish species have been recorded, out of which 5 are endemic to Prespa and 12 are endemic to the Balkans. None of these species are protected with national or international acts. There are no specific action plans for protection and management of fish population and its habitat. In addition old traditional concept for wise fishing is not practiced. The punishments for illegal fishing are minimal and consequently non-applied, there is no monitoring of way the fishing is carried on and restrictions on fishing are negligible. As results of this since 1960, fish production is steadily decreasing. Project objective is to increase the fish population in Prespa lake by reintroducing the traditional way of fish breeding and promoting within the local fishermen community the conservation and sustainable use of fishery. The project activities includes: raising public awareness of the local fishermen on the importance and significance of sustainable fishing, re-introducing old traditional ways of fishing, building partnership between appointed local governmental institutions, local fishermen, NGOs and concessionaire of the lake, establishing monitoring group responsible to follow and monitor the fishing, the training of the monitoring group and preparation of the monitoring report that it would be submitted to responsible governmental institutions.
Project Results
Project achievements
Organized campaign on importance and significance of sustainable fishing, including survey, organising round table with expert-speakers, organised visits to hatchery Shum – Struga (part of Institute of Animal Science – Fishery Department from Skopje), direct communication with local fishermen, etc.
Organized meeting of the project partners: concession owner- authorities – fisherman and NGOs, established partnerships and reached agreement for monitoring process.
Monitoring and Action plan for increasing and protecting the fish population in Prespa lake prepared and submitted to authorities, Local municipality.
Trained 10 young local fishermen to carry out the monitoring.
Built traditional hatchery "koca" (old traditional basin) and promoted old traditional way of fishing;
Renovated and equipped fishing boats for monitoring.
Follow up
A new NGO (Association of fishermen in Prespa) was established and jointly with the grantee prepared and submitted project with upscaling activities to the current GEF FSP project Integrated Ecosystem Management in the Trans—boundary Prespa Park Region.
Civil Association Musical Youth/ Muzicka Mladina is partner in preparing Standardization of tourist services in Prespa, part of GEF FSP project.
Project Photo Gallery
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fishing in old traditional way
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old traditional way of fishing
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new generation of fishermen
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