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

July 25th, 2009 · 6 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

Mongolia Fly-fishing Expedition

July 20th, 2008 · 4 Comments

The Megafishes Project is co-sponsoring an expedition to the Eg-Uur River in Mongolia this September:
Mongolia Fly Fishing Expedition
Megafishes Project staff plan to spend a total of eight weeks in Mongolia from late August until mid-October, conducting research and hosting this NG Expeditions trip.

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Tags: Mongolia · NG Expeditions · giant Eurasian trout · research · taimen

Thriving in Mongolia - For Now

November 14th, 2007 · 2 Comments

National Geographic.com has another installment on the continuing work of Zeb and the Megafishes Project.

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Tags: Mongolia · National Geographic · News

2006 Project Results - Mongolia

December 9th, 2006 · No Comments

The project has teamed up with a local Mongolian group, the Taimen Conservation Fund, as well as academics and recreational fishers to protect the endangered giant Eurasian trout, Hucho taimen. Scientists are working to understand the ecology of the taimen so that special catch-and-release fishing zones can be created to generate money for local community-based […]

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Tags: Mongolia · Project Results