Responsible Inland Fisheries and the Rome Declaration

Many people associate the term “fisheries” with boats on the ocean, but substantial fishing also takes place in rivers, lakes, and wetlands. Read More…

The Scoop Net Brigade

Fishes of the genus Schistura can be commonly found in the rivers of Lao PDR. Catching these small loaches that live among the stones of the Read More…

Celebrating World Fish Migration Day in Laos

After several months of preparation, FISHBIO Laos celebrated World Fish Migration Day at the Ang Noi Primary School in the village of Ang Read More…

Monitoring Protected Areas, Both Salty and Fresh

A central tenet of conservation holds that special natural areas should be protected in order to prevent their degradation or destruction. Read More…

El Niño and Drought and the Mekong Basin

El Niño may have brought some drought relief in parts of the United States in 2016, but the same weather pattern has induced Read More…

Beautiful and endangered

The FISHBIO Laos team caught many different fish species during gill net surveys in Xaysomboun Province, Lao PDR, at the end of 2015, but Read More…

Celebrating Stories of Change

The Sustainable Mekong Research Network (SUMERNET) celebrated its 10th birthday in January with a daylong meeting that brought together Read More…

Off the beaten path

It has been nearly a year and a half since FISHBIO began working on a collaborative project surveying small wetlands in Cambodia and Read More…

Muddy Buddies

Fish never cease to amaze in their adaptability. FISHBIO did not have high hopes for finding any fish inhabitants when we approached this Read More…

Fish Face: Garra fuliginosa

While it is common for fish biologists to encounter some strange fish throughout our careers (see Got teeth, Jabba the Hutt?, Cute or ugly?, The Read More…