Video: Release of a Giant Barb in Cambodia
A giant barb, Cambodia's national fish, was released into the Tonle Sap River by a fisherman's family. From carvings at Angkor Wat, the Read More…
Fishery Diversity in the Nam Kading River, Lao PDR
Inland small-scale fisheries are notoriously difficult to survey, and as a consequence, their catch is often underestimated or unreported. Read More…
A Vision for Migratory Fish in Cambodia
Migratory fish are the one of the many great wonders of the Mekong River. Every fall, these incredible fish undertake a massive migration in Read More…
Does the giant snakehead eat its own babies?
The giant snakehead is a predatory freshwater fish. A young giant snakehead in Khmer is called trey diep and adults are called trey chdao. The Read More…
Selling the Mekong giant catfish, the king of fish, will…
Matt Nei is a 58-year-old Muslim fisherman living in Prek Touch Village, Chi Ro 1 Commune, Tbaung Khmum District, Tbaung Khmum province. He Read More…
Hidden Harvests: Underreporting the World’s Freshwater…
When a fishing catch isn’t officially reported or documented, its contribution to food security and livelihoods is essentially invisible Read More…
Celebrating Cambodia’s National Fish Day
Siem Reap: Fish play an important role in Cambodia's society and economy. About 80 percent of the protein consumed by Cambodians is from Read More…
World Fish Migration Day Through the Eyes of Cambodia
Cambodian youth have strong concern over the well-being of the Mekong, the mother river, so they came together to design a series of Read More…
The bump-headed fish: Incisilabeo behri
In the Mekong basin, an unusual bump-headed fish called Incisilabeo behri (also known as Bangana behri) migrates out of the Sesan, Srepok Read More…
Fish Conservation and World Fish Migration Day
Migratory fish, and the rivers they live and travel in, are a key focus of the work that FISHBIO does in Lao PDR. For the past several years, we Read More…