Bio-diversity

Between December 2008 and December 2009 MFF was successfully conducted project Project for protection, revitalization and reintroduction of Macedonian trout Salmo macedonicus (Karaman, 1924) in to the waters of Republic of Macedonia . With this project portion of 20.000 trouts it will be introducted in Treska River. It is very important for protection and decreasing of the number of Macedonian trout, but this project was relating only with small part of our country. So, for that reason, it would be more effective if we reintroduce Macedonian trout also in the other parts of Macedonia. The Macedonian trout is an autochthonous and endemic fish species, a part of the rich biodiversity and natural treasure of our country. It is on the red list of IUCN and for it is still little available data s. Macedonian trout was founded in the upper part of the river Vardar, river Treska, with its tributaries Mala Reka and Belicka river, then river Kadina, Babuna and Doshnica. Today its population is drastically decreased. It s existents in the waters of the river Vardar, Doshnica, Babuna and Kadina River is debatable. There are more reasons for that. One of the reasons for the drastically reduction of populations of Macedonian trout or it s disappearing from some of this waters is uncontrolled exploitation and uncontrolled fishing with forbidden fishing equipment like: nets, dynamites, poisons etc. Second reason for decreasing the population and disappearing of Macedonian trout from these waters is stocking with nonautohtonous trout s. These waters were stocked with another alohtonous trout s in the past. The trout s were imported from another waters and several times trout s for stocking of this waters was imported from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Also, the human population have had a negative influence on the abundance of the Macedonian trout. Now the Macedonian trout can be found just in the waters of the river Belicka and Mala Reka River. For that waters there isn t any data s that they were stocked with alohtonous trout s. Those are water parts what are in a relative protected area in which the influence of the human population is very little showed. In these waters the trout found a safety living place. But, with the building of some new roads, with the building of reservoir Kozjak and the bigger popularisation of this region, the progress go on and the human pressure on this waters became stronger and more danger. One more factor who will have negative influence on the abundance of the population of Macedonian trout is the increasing of the number of the fisherman s who fish on this rivers. The fisherman s come from all over the country. On one part this leads to economical and social development of the region but on the other part this is very dangerous for the Macedonian trout. We must to do something to protect it and increase it s populations in waters of Belicka and Mala Reka rivers. From all these reasons we may conclude that in order to decrease the number of the Macedonian troiut we must take actions, such as reintroduction of trout as much as possible in the waters of Macedonia, in which Macedonian trout lived in the past. From all above, we can say that activity of MFF for protection, revitalisation and reintroduction of Macedonian trout in the waters of Macedonia should be continue and amplify to bigger area of macedonian rivers. With implementation of this project we would like to protect the Macedonian trout of disappearing from Macedonian waters. We will do rehabilitation of its population in waters where it abundance is decreased and do reintroduction in to the waters from where it was disappeared. Sport fishing association Vardar from Skopje is the oldest and biggest fishing association in Macedonia. In this moment it is 4000 members. This association has several waters under concesion (River Vardar from Jegunovce to inflow of River Pcinja; a part of River Pcinja, a part of River Treska and Lake Matka). Sport fishing association Vardar will be use results of the project of MFF. Peoples from MFF and Institute Of Animal Science will help with theit knowledge and experience from the previous project. With communication and collaboration with fishing associations from Kumanovo, Kriva Palnka, Berovo and Gostivar, and with supporting help from these municipalities, we will reintroduce Macedonian trout in more Macedonian fishing waters. We already have the broodstock and it is in hatchery Shum Struga (part of Institute of Animal Science Fishery Department from Skopje). Also, we will fish matured exemplars of Macedonian trout from Belicka, Mala Reka and reservoir Kozjak for forming the broodstock. These two type of broodstock will be used for production of eggs and fingerlings for stocking the fishing waters in Macedonia. With this project it will be produced broodstock of the Macedonian trout for stocking the fishing waters in Macedonia. It will be stocking water of river Treska, Vardar, Mazdraca, Bogovinska, Pena, Bistrica, Lepenec, Pcinja, Kriva Reka, Kadina Reka and Ablanica, and reservoar Matka, Kozjak and Sv Petka (Matka 2). It will be increase the broodstock, which will be kept in hatchery Shum Struga. The broodstock will be used for production of eggs and fingerlings for stocking the fishing waters in Macedonia, next year, too. The benefit of this project will have: Sport Fishing Association Klen from Makedonski Brod, Sport Fishing Association Vardar from Skopje, Sport Fishing Association Pcinj

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