“World

Fisheries
Day in LAOS
Lvl 5/III/3
Ms.Inda Indriani
World Fisheries day is celebrated
When is
the world

every year on November 21st fishery day

celebrated?

all over the world by the

fisherfolk communities.
Fishing communities worldwide
“ celebrate this day through
How
is the
cultural programs, dramas, celebration
?
exhibition, music show, and
demonstrations
to show the importance of
maintaining the world's fisheries.
The Mekong River in Laos is located
near the capital city of Vientiane. Where is
the event
Every year, this river becomes the
celebrated?
area for fishing activities.

When the water recedes in the dry

season, many fish and aquatic animals
take refuge in this pond, called “Nong
 Mekong Fish Species
• The Mekong and its tributaries in Laos are
very rich in species diversity.
• More than 481 fish species out of 924
species in the Lower Mekong Basin have
been identified in Laos.
 “Mekong Fish Species”

Giant Gouramy Silver Barb Barbonymus gonionotus Nilem Carp Osteochilus Melanopleurus
Osphronemus Gouramy (Pa Pak Kom) (Pa Nok Kow)
(Pa Men)

Common Carp Cyprinus carpio (Pa

Nai)
An exotic species, now established in the Mekong
 “Fishing Activities in the Mekong River and its Tributaries”

Fishing using gillnets Pole-and-line fishing Setting a kha trap in

in the Nam Ou in the Nam Ngum the Mekong in the
south

Fishing using li traps

Lift netting in the Nam Hinboun Fishing in the Mekong in the sou
on a stream at Khone
“