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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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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The economic downturn has hit the Megafishes Project hard.  Both our major donors have cut back on support for the project.  This means that much of our ongoing research on the Mekong giant catfish, the giant freshwater stingray, the golden mahseer of Bhutan, and the giant Eurasian trout has been delayed.  Please consider making a […]

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Fishermen in Chiang Khong, Thailand caught a critically endangered Mekong giant catfish on Friday May 1 2009 .  The female fish weighed approximately 150 kg and measured 170 cm in length.  This capture marks the beginning of the fishing season in Chiang Khong, Thailand and Houay Xay, Laos (across the Mekong River from Chiang Khong).  The […]

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 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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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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Vientiane Times, 19 Feb 2009
An estimated 250kg giant catfish (Pangasianodon gigus) was caught in
Salao village, Phonthong district, Champassak province, on Saturday
night at 11pm by a local fisherman, provincial authorities confirmed
on Wednesday.
Witnesses said the endangered giant catfish (paa beuk) was sold to
traders in Champassak province. According to witnesses, it was loaded
onto a bus bound for Vientiane […]

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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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Four videos with facts about Mekong megafish species:
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/animals/fish-animals/bony-fish/giant-stingray-ani.html
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/animals/fish-animals/bony-fish/river-catfish-ani.html
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/animals/fish-animals/bony-fish/mekong-giant-catfish-ani.html
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/animals/fish-animals/bony-fish/chao-phraya-ani.html

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