Why freshwater migratory fish need ‘safe passage’ globally as numbers decline

A global assessment on migratory freshwater fish species, published in March, found that there are 325 species of migratory ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Freshwater Fish Migrations Are Disappearing Across the Planet, Finds U.N. Report

The Mekong giant catfish is an endangered freshwater species. Zeb Hogan. Many people are familiar with the epic migrations of ...

The Largest Mekong Giant Catfish Ever Caught Was as Big as a Grizzly Bear

The Mekong River hides some of the largest freshwater fish on Earth, and in 2005, village fishermen in northern Thailand ...

Declining 6-foot fish species with the world's longest freshwater migration inspires a mass conservation effort

A newly signed action plan aims to protect the migration cycle of the giant dorado catfish of the Amazon River ...
Free Malaysia Today

‘The patin are gone’: the freshwater war against suckermouth catfish

Five hundred suckermouth catfish, also known as ikan bandaraya, and one shark catfish or patin after six hours of netting – the catch obtained by volunteer hunters of suckermouth catfish shows the ...
Gentleman's Pursuits on MSN

Freshwater fish are vanishing and nobody's watching

A Global Crisis Hiding in Plain Sight Something is dying in the world's great rivers, and most people have no idea it's ...
Los Angeles Times

It’s a Whopper -- Snagged Catfish May Be Largest in Freshwater

BANGKOK, Thailand — Thai fishermen caught a 646-pound catfish that may have been the world’s largest freshwater fish, wildlife conservation groups said this week. The Mekong giant catfish was netted ...