CHIANG KHONG, Thailand – Dismissing its neighbors' pleas, impoverished Laos is rapidly building a Mekong River dam that threatens fisheries crucial to millions of Southeast Asia's poorest people. The ...

Local authorities emphasise that combating IUU fishing is not only crucial for lifting the EC’s “yellow card” but also an ...

Srey Pheak (with headlamp) leads a twilight fishing patrol on the Mekong near his village Samphin. The fishing patrol enforces fishery regulations in Samphin’s registered fishing lot. Photo: Patrick ...

A fishermen near the Khone Phapheng Falls (Khone Falls) along the Mekong River in Laos. In my previous post, I summarized many of the superlatives of fish and fisheries from the Mekong River in ...

Heavy rains and China’s decision to release more water from upstream dams have offered a glimmer of good news for fishing and farming families who have suffered from poor catches and harvests amid a ...

Aerial View of the Mekong in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta. Credit: Luc Forsyth and Gareth Bright Subscribe for ads-free reading Luc Forsyth and Gareth Bright have set out on a journey to follow the Mekong ...

Siem Reap, Cambodia – On Cambodia’s Tonle Sap, record low water levels have plunged fishing communities into crisis but with warnings of “severe drought”, there are concerns the situation will get ...

CHIANG KHONG, Thailand (AP) — Dismissing its neighbors’ pleas, impoverished Laos is rapidly building a Mekong River dam that threatens fisheries crucial to millions of Southeast Asia’s poorest people.