The MegaFishes Project has teamed with the Cambodian Department of Fisheries and the Mekong Wetland Biodiversity Program to create one of the world’s first freshwater conservation concessions – a special fishing area in the Tonle Sap River aimed at protecting some of the world’s largest freshwater fish species, including the giant stingray and giant barb. Dr. Hogan worked with the local organization, Save Cambodia’s Wildlife, to produce a children’s book on the conservation of freshwater biodiversity. The book is beautifully illustrated by Cambodian artists and printed in Khmer and English. The book intertwines a story of the seasons of a giant catfish’s life with those of a young Cambodian boy named Samnang. When the huge fish, who becomes a friend of Samnang’s, is caught by fishermen, the boy persuades the men to let her go because the fish “is special and very rare.”