Fisheries and Gastronomy
The Ohrid trout is a specialty in Macedonian and Albanian gastronomy; it is used for soups and other dishes. It tastes like a brown trout crossed with an atlantic salmon.
In recent years extensive fishing has driven the Ohrid trout to the verge of extinction, though there are several conservation activities. A fishing ban has been imposed by the Government of Macedonia, since 2004 and until 2014. In Albania, since 2003 the state law on fisheries prohibits fishing during the spawning period only, but no restrictions exist for the rest of the year, and the fish population is still dwindling due to illegal fishing and overfishing.
The Ohrid trout is depicted on the reverse of the Macedonian 2 denars coin, issued in 1993.
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