The death of fish from Nikšić's artificial lakes does not only occur during the overhaul of the "Perućica" hydropower plant, but is an almost daily problem, which is the result of decades of bad management and the attitude towards the fish stock in general, according to the Ecological Movement "Ozone".
The NGO "Green Home" and "Drustva mladih ekologia" from Nikšić recently published a video and a statement in which they state that every year hundreds of kilograms of fish die as a result of the operations of the Electric Power Company of Montenegro and the overhaul that takes place at the end of July or the beginning of August.
The executive director of "Ozone" Aleksandar Perović believes that EPCG and the Sports and Fishing Society from Nikšić should "significantly improve" the current situation.
"Given that adequate infrastructure has not been built on artificial reservoirs for sustainable management of the fish stock, such as dams and fishing lanes, it is completely clear that EPCG, which manages the lakes, as well as the fishing society that manages the fish stock, must significantly improve the existing catastrophic situation and open space for reasoned public dialogue that will lead to the best applicable solution", he said.
In "Ozon", they believe that in the field of freshwater fishing there is significant "development potential and an opportunity to open 'new' green businesses".
"And that is of vital importance for an economically threatened local community such as Nikšić. But at the same time, we want to publicly point out that this is a serious problem that causes environmental and economic damage," said Perović.
According to him, an additional problem in preserving the fish stock is poaching, and he adds that the fishing grounds are "of insufficient quality".
"This confirms our conviction that a much more complex approach must be taken when not only stocking, but also later protecting and improving the quality of lake ecosystems," said Perović.
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