Overfishing is the primary cause of the giant catfish’s decline, but damming of Mekong tributaries, destruction of spawning and breeding grounds, and siltation (a process by which water becomes ...

indicates "spawning activity" in the Mekong River after 25 years of conservation work by the group in collaboration with the local community and fisheries. The Mekong giant catfish is considered ...

River catfish are known to inhabit Tonle Sap Lake in Cambodia. Every year they leave the lake and enter the Mekong River as part of their annual spawning cycle. Breeding begins at the onset of the ...

dams that block the migratory path the fish follow to spawn and other disruptions. Few of the millions of people who depend on the Mekong for their livelihoods have ever seen a giant catfish.

Once they detect spawning cichlids on the bottom of the lake, shoals of catfish approach en masse, consuming the cichlid eggs whilst simultaneously laying their own. The female cichlid unwittingly ...