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Giant Stingray, Mekong Giant Catfish Threatened by Mekong Hydropower Dams

August 2nd, 2010 · No Comments

 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-28/giant-stingray-350-kilogram-catfish-threatened-by-mekong-dams-wwf-says.html
 And the report can be found here:
 http://assets.panda.org/downloads/new_river_of_giants_report_14_may_2010_web_version.pdf

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Tags: Cambodia · China · Mekong giant catfish · News · dog-eating catfish · giant stingray

Top Ten Monster Fish airs Monday at 7 and 10pm July 27th on the National Geographic Channel

July 25th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Join Zeb Hogan on his search for the world’s largest freshwater fish.  The program features 10 of the largest and most endangered freshwater fish on Earth, including sawfish, taimen, Mekong giant catfish, white sturgeon, alligator gar, and Chinese paddlefish. 

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Tags: Cambodia · China · Giant fish facts · Mekong giant catfish · Mongolia · National Geographic · giant Eurasian trout · giant stingray · recreational fishing · research · science · taimen

Wild population of Mekong Giant Catfish Faces New Challenge

May 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

 An excellent article by Roger Mollot, published in the Mekong River Commission’s Fisheries publication “Catch and Culture”.
 http://202.62.105.253/Catch-Culture/vol14_3Dec08/wild-population.htm
It’s worth noting that much of the research mentioned in this article is now on hold due to lack of funding.

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Tags: Cambodia · Giant fish facts · Mekong giant catfish · News · Thailand · research

New Website: Save the Mekong

March 9th, 2009 · 2 Comments

For those of you interested in the Mekong River, please have a look at a new website dedicated to its conservation:
http://savethemekong.org

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Tags: Cambodia · Mekong giant catfish · Thailand

“Monster Fish of the Mekong” Airs Tuesday October 21 at 9pm

October 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Join National Geographic Explorer Zeb Hogan on a quest to save some of the biggest freshwater fish in the world. We’ll track the elusive and legendary freshwater stingray in northern Cambodia. These giant stingrays grow to mammoth proportions and Zeb Hogan gets up close and personal with one of them. Then, Hogan is off to […]

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Tags: Cambodia · Mekong giant catfish · National Geographic · Thailand · giant stingray

2006 Project Results - Cambodia

December 9th, 2006 · 2 Comments

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. […]

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Tags: Cambodia · Project Results