Ohrid trout

Ohrid trout ( Salmo letnica )

The Ohrid trout ( Salmo letnica, rarely trutta letnica; macedonian Ohridska Pastrmka Охридска пастрмка; albanian Koran English Ohrid Trout ) is a simple count of the salmonid freshwater fish that occurs as endemic species in the extremely old and deep Lake Ohrid on the Albanian- Macedonian border. In general, there are few data from the behavior and occurrence of the fish. The taxonomy should be checked with current scientific methods.

The Ohrid trout is about 60 inches long. The silvery body is lined mainly in the upper part of black spots. Red dots are found mainly along the sidelines. The flesh is pink.

The Ohrid trout is a tasty food fish, which leads to a strong over-fishing, so she was out on the IUCN Red List as endangered. 2001 Status on insufficient data has been changed. Is hardly fished While the fish in Macedonia for a ban in 2005 from the lake, taking care on the Albanian side of the lake - forced by poverty - a long time no one to species conservation: The fish was ruthlessly hunted. Since 14 November 2013, any fishing was banned in Lake Ohrid in Albania. In both countries, the Ohrid trout is also grown. From 1985 to 2000 each over 100,000 kg trout were fished out of the lake, with a sharp decline was offset on the Macedonian side since 1991 on the Albanian side quickly. Today is trying to support the kind of fish at institutes in Ohrid and Struga.

When the stocks were not threatened, fish were caught of up to five kilograms. As Extrema a length of 76 centimeters and a weight of 6490 grams apply. Suspensions in other lakes have proven to be very successful.