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FISHING GUIDE / Where to fish with a hook in Durrës, a rare guide for amateur fishermen

A rare guide with at least 44 fishing spots has been prepared and published on social networks in recent days. The guide contains the 'location' for each of these fishing spots and meanwhile provides ample information about the fish or other marine species that can be fished in each of them.

Guide has been published in Facebook in albania and english, in Instagram in albanian and english as well as in You Tube.

It also includes the rules of recreational and tourist fishing, thus marking the first time when such a document is put at the service of fishing tourists.

The guide was compiled by the Center for Transparency and Freedom of Information and supported by UNDP Albania.

In addition to fishing data, the guide offers through videos and photos wonderful views of the area, many of which are rarely visited by residents or tourists, while you can also discover traditional fishing methods but also those adapted through 'an innovation' that does not it would come to your mind.

Below is the recreational (amateur) fishing guide for the coast of the Durrës region.

Durres County recreational fishing destinations

Kristal beach Sektori Rinia

From the intersection of Sektori Rinia where Shtodheri road ends near the Blue Paradise hotel you should follow Vath Turja road. You can stop anywhere along this road like the destination above, which is located on this road but you can continue to the coast at Kristal beach.

Bleon Beach Bar, Sektori Rinia

This fishing spot is located on the seashore, a short distance from the Juba marsh, between Oni bar restaurant and Tam Tam beach bar.

The distance from Tirana city is 43.5 km away and it takes 50 minutes to drive, while from Rinas Airport it is 33.6 km and it takes 41 minutes to drive. To come from Tirana city and Rinas Airport you must follow the Tirana-Durrës highway and then take the Rrashbulli overpass.

Estuary of the Erzen River

This destination is at the edge of the Juba marsh, a few hundred meters away from the pine forest, at the confluence of Erzen River, which runs through the villages of Tirana and Durrës and finally runs into the Adriatic Sea.

Rrushkull Reserves

It is one of the most popular destinations on the coast for fishing. On any given day you can find a number of fishing enthusiasts putting their hooks into the sea.

Hamallaj pumping station

This destination is close to the tourist resort Vala Mare and at a distance of about 500 meters from the sea coast. Fishermen prefer it because of the water coming from the pumping station channel that starts from Rrushkulli about 11 km collecting water from the fields of some villages, offers nutrients for the fish that live between fresh and salt water.

Hamallaj, Vala Mare tourist resort

The distance from Tirana city is 42.9 km away and it takes 1 hour drive to go there, while from Rinas Airport is 32.5 km and it takes 40 minutes by car. To come from Tirana city and Rinas Airport you must follow the Tirana-Durrës highway and turn right at Maminas, heading for Lalzi Bay.

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