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Fishing industry in Laos in the land locked country of Laos is amajor source of sustenance and food security to its people dwelling in river fronts and reservoirs and ponds. Apart from wild capture fisheries, which is a major component of fish production, aquaculture and stocking are significant developments in the country. Historically fishing activity is noted from the writings on the gate and walls of the Wat Xieng Thong in Luang Prabang dated to 1560. For many Laotians, freshwater fish are the principal source of protein.〔Hopkins, Susannah. "Fishing". (''A country study: Laos'' ) (Andrea Matles Savada, editor). Library of Congress Federal Research Division (July 1994). 〕 Percentage of people involved in regular fishing activity is very small, only near major rivers or reservoirs, as for most of the fishers it is a part-time activity. ==Areas of fishing and production == The water resources, covering an area of more than 1.2 million ha, are a major area for on land capture fisheries accounting for production of 167,922 tonnes per year, with 75% of the population depending on this resource with fish consumption assessed at 24.5 kg per capita per year.〔 The water resources areas, which are easily accessible to the communities used for fishing cover the Mekong river and its tributaries, several storage reservoirs of large hydropower and irrigation projects, ponds and lakes and wetlands. During the rainy season, the flooded areas of the Mekong river plains and paddy lands are also part of the capture fishing operations.〔 In Nam Ngum reservoir, which is one of the largest in the country, fishing operations are carried out throughout the year on a regular commercial basis as the closest marketing center is Vientiane. Water covered areas of Khong Island are also popular venues for fishing.〔 ==Fish varieties== The fish species reported are 481, which includes 22 exotic species.〔 A few of the main species in capture fishing are: Black sharkminnow (''Labeo chrysophekadion''), Common carp (''Cyprinus carpio''), Isok barb (''Probarbus jullieni''), pangasius catfish (''Pangasiusspp''), Small-scale mud carp (''Cirrhinus microlepis''), and Sheatfish (''Kryptopterusspp'').〔 There are 10 exotic fish species introduced in the country. These are: ''Cyprinus carpio'' (common carp or pa nai), ''Carassius auratus'' (gold fish or pa phek in the northern Laos), ''Hypophthalmichthys molitrix'' (silver carp or pa ked lap), ''Ctenopharyngodon idella'' (grass carp or pa kin gna), ''Hypophthalmichthys nobilis'' (bighead carp or pa houa nhai), ''Oreochromis nilotica'' (Nile tilapia or pa ninh), ''Labeo rohita'' (rohu), ''Cirrhinus mrigala'' (mrigal), ''Catla catla'' (catla) and ''Clarias gariepinus'' (African catfish or pa douk phanh).〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fishing industry in Laos」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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