Six rare giant catfish surface in Cambodia
Fishermen smiled alongside officials from Cambodia's Fisheries Administration (CFA) as they held up the two-metre-long creatures -- weighing up to 130 kilograms (287 pounds) each -- before releasing them back into their river habitat. The survival of the giant catfish -- one of the largest and rarest freshwater fish in the world -- underscores the urgent need to protect the river's free-flowing connectivity, a statement by the USAID-funded Wonders of the Mekong conservation group said. Besides overfishing and plastic pollution... Читать дальше...