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Hundreds of Mekong giant catfish released

22 August 2017
The Phnom Penh Post
Fishing, fisheries and aquaculture / Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Mekong giant catfish

Two hundred juvenile specimens of the critically endangered Mekong giant catfish were released by the Preah Sihanouk Provincial Fisheries Administration into freshwater reservoirs on Sunday evening in an effort to help preserve the species – which can grow up to 300 kilograms. ...

 Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hundreds-mekong-giant-catfish-released

World's largest freshwater fish threatened

13 March 2013
Bangkok Post
Energy / Environment and natural resources / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
16th Conference of Parties of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species / Bangkok / Cambodia / Chinese aid / CITES / Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species / Dams / Endangered wildlife / fisheries production / freshwater fish / giant catfish / hydroelectric dams / Hydropower dams / Laos / Lower Mekong River / mainstream dams / mainstream hydroelectric dams / mainstream hydropowor dams / Mekong fish / Mekong giant catfish / Mekong river / Mekong river basin / Mekong's fisheries / migratory fish / Myanmar / Thailand / Xayaburi / Xayaburi dam

The 16th Conference of Parties of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) has brought thousands of delegates from over 150 countries to Bangkok to discuss cross-border cooperation, sustainable use of biodiversity and transnational endangered species issues. Construction has already begun on the ...

http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/340170/mekong-dams-threaten-world-largest-freshwater-fish

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