The Cooperative
The Agricultural Fisheries Cooperative of Neochori "Skali" was established in 2002 with its headquarters in Neochori of the Municipality of Messolonghi of the Prefecture of Aitoloakarnania and is governed by the provisions of Law No. 4673/2020. The cooperative is registered in the National Register of Agricultural Cooperatives and other collective bodies under the number AM 0701004. It is governed by a five-member Board of Directors and a General Assembly. Its members are professional fishermen who live and work in the Municipality of Messolonghi.
The main purpose of the cooperative is the leasing and exploitation of the fish farms of the lagoons directed by the Public Sector and the marketing of fish.
Until today since 2019 the cooperative leases and exploits the lagoon of Paleopotamos. In 2023 it achieved the immediate releasing of the lagoon until 2033 (ΑΔΑ: 6ΥΓ87Λ6-ΩΙ0).
During the years in which the cooperative operates it has implemented and participated in investment and researching programs with the purpose of the modernization of the fishing facilities and the improvement and rationalization of the fishing management.
According to the evaluation expositions of the exploitation compiled by the competent Fisheries Services of the Region of Western Greece, the exploitation which the cooperative exercises has been characterized as successful.
