The National Parks of Montenegro (NPCG) announced today that on September 4, 2021, the supervisors of the Protection Service of the National Park (NP) Skadar Lake found two people in Gostiljska Rijeka illegally fishing with the help of aggregates.
The announcement adds that those two people managed to escape after the chase.
"The supervisors seized the boat, converter, oars, probe, battery and about seven kilograms of fish," the NPCG press release points out.
The director of NP Skadarsko jezero Aleksandar Bulatović said that catching fish with the help of illegal means, such as in this case the use of aggregates, has a negative effect on the total animal life of the water area and leaves long-term consequences for the fish stock.
"Exactly in this direction, the National Park expects the support of all conscientious users, above all, all registered fishermen, in order to achieve the highest level of physical protection of the lake in the joint fight against poaching," said Bulatović.
The announcement also states that the Public Enterprise for National Parks of Montenegro (JPNPCG) and NP Skadarsko jezero are persistent in their intention to prevent any type of illegal activities in the area of the park, and to appeal to all citizens who want to contribute to the preservation of the fish stock to report irregularities at duty number of the Protection Service 068/526-440.
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