Despite pollution and heavy fishing pressure ... delta fields and feeds fish throughout the Mekong system—which extends beyond the river itself. The boats that fish its enormously productive ...

River water should instead be full of silt. The Mekong, South-east Asia’s main ... it also faces threats that range from pollution to wetland destruction and overfishing. Of these, it is the ...

Migratory species in the Mekong River face broader challenges and are under threat from industrial pollution, overfishing, ...

A 300kg (661lb) stingray caught in the Mekong river in Cambodia is the biggest ... The Mekong is rich in biodiversity but overfishing, dams and pollution threaten its fragile ecosystem.

But the plight of the fish also spotlights the perils facing all migratory species in the Mekong, which faces industrial pollution and overfishing. More than 700 dams are built along the river and its ...

This is because pollution, dams, shipping and bycatch have taken their toll on this iconic ... This is especially critical in the case of the Irrawaddy dolphin subpopulation in the Mekong River. The ...

These fish are threatened with habitat fragmentation, industrial pollution, and overfishing. Many millions of people depend on the Mekong River for sustenance, and river catfish have long been ...

Mekong's Forgotten Fishes, a new report published by WWF and Global Water Center, in tandem with 24 other local, regional and global Mekong-based organizations, details the extraordinary variety of ...