Lake Poso fish
Valuable assets to this world's ancient lake
Getting to know the fish in Lake Poso, Sulawesi.
Partnering with Shoal, we just started our Fish Program in Lake Poso.
We are looking for three Critically Endangered fish endemic to Lake Poso: Duck-billed bunting (Adrianichthys kruyti), “Rosen’s” bunting (Adrianichthys roseni), and Poso bungu (Mugilogobius amadi)
Program in numbers
2022
Year started---
People involved
Activities
- 1Building trust with the community
- 2Conducting fish surveys
A small introduction
What we do
(so far)
1
Building trust with the community
How we started
We interviewed fishermen around Lake Poso to understand their fishing practices, then joined them fishing to learn the techniques.
1
number of villages
being surveyed
2
fisherman followed
2
Conducting fish surveys
We surveyed a priority area in Lake Poso to look for the critically endangered fish species. We started with one location and will increase this during 2022.
Program supporters
These are the supporters of our conservations efforts for this program. Click on their name to visit their website.
