THE PILOT YEAR - 2006
The project team spent the pilot year 2006 working on expeditions to the Mekong and Selenge/Baikal (Mongolia) and laying the ground work for future missions to rivers throughout Asia, South America, and North America.
RESULTS - 2006
As a result of project leader Dr. Zeb Hogan’s work with the governments of Cambodia, Thailand, and Laos, it is now illegal to capture the Mekong giant catfish in those countries as of summer 2006.
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1 Jules // Jul 20, 2008 at 3:01 am
As a fishing tour operator taking people fishing in Thailand for the Giant Mekong Catfish and other large species like the recently publicised “dog eating catfish” we wondered what the limits of 2006’s legislation where? IE how does it impact recreational catch and release fishing? If for example someone attempted to catch a Mekong Catfish on rod and line in the Mekong…would they be breaking the law? (not that fishing for a Giant Mekong Catfish in the wild on rod and line would ever be a realistic proposition!) Just wonder what what the wording of the law was?
2 Zeb // Jul 20, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Catching a wild Mekong giant catfish in Thailand is illegal without permission from the Thai Department of Fisheries.
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