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
Entries Tagged as 'Cambodia'
Giant Stingray, Mekong Giant Catfish Threatened by Mekong Hydropower Dams
August 2nd, 2010 · No Comments
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.
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.
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
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 […]
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. […]
Tags: Cambodia · Project Results