Data on fishing from the area of Pakoštane municipality are very scarce. Using data on fisheries collected on the basis of fishermen's knowledge of the last decades, local fisheries ecological knowledge (FLEK - Fisheries Local Ecological Knowledge) in the area of Pakoštane municipality was investigated. The municipality of Pakoštane is located in the center of the Adriatic coast and has a unique position between Lake Vrana and the Adriatic Sea. It covers an area of 84.28 square kilometers and is located in the southeast of Zadar County. There are 18 islands, islets and rocks in the municipality's water area, the most famous of which is the islet of St. Juština, Veliki Školj and Babuljaš, in front of Pakoštan. The municipality includes the following towns: Pakoštane, Draga, Vrana and Vrgada. Pakoštane is the administrative, cultural and economic center of the municipality. According to the population census data from 2011, a total of 4,123 inhabitants lives in the municipality of Pakoštane. Tourism is the most developed branch in the area, followed by fishing and agriculture. The research part of the work was done with the help of fishermen from Pakoštan, Vrgada and Drago who answered questionnaires. We learn about the fish species caught as well as other marine organisms, their quantity caught, and the fishing tools used in the period from 1962 to the present day from the conducted questionnaires. From the conducted polls, in which the fishermen were free to give their opinion, we learn that they are unanimously opposed to bottom trawl nets that destroy the benthos, which results in a decrease in the area's biodiversity, and fishermen also complain year after year about the catch, which is qualitatively and quantitatively worse than was in the past which they also associate with the activity of commercial ships. The Pasara is the favorite boat of the fishermen of the municipality of Pakoštane throughout all the examined decades, and the engine power and the length of the boat have not changed significantly over the decades. It can also be seen how networks were used more in the past compared to today. Longline and fishing lines are the most used fishing tools from 1962 to the present day, and the species most often caught are sea bream and sea bass. These data are extremely important for the purpose of achieving sustainable fisheries management, primarily in the municipality of Pakoštane and beyond.