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On a recent fishing trip to Guyana, Ty Kleeb caught a jaw-dropping specimen of one of the world's largest species of freshwater fish.

The giant arapaima, the Amazon’s biggest fish, was under threat. Rolex Awards for Enterprise Laureate João Campos-Silva is engaging with local fishing communities to save it—and in doing so ...

Her long-time colleague Campos-Silva backed Indigenous-managed efforts to restore the arapaima–the world's largest scaled, freshwater fish–which helped turn its fate from the brink of ...

Amazon River freshwater fish show signs of overexploitation. Jun 8, 2022. Fish biodiversity found to benefit nutrition, particularly for lower income people. Jul 18, 2024.

A mass fish die-off in Brazil’s Amazon River region has killed an estimated 20-30 metric tons of fish and other aquatic animals, following one of the worst droughts in Amazonian history.. On the ...

CARAUARI, Brazil (AP) — Even in the most biodiverse rainforest of the world, the pirarucu, also known as arapaima, stands out. First, there is its mammoth size: It can weigh up to 200 kilos (440 ...

Mercury pollution from illegal mining in the Brazilian Amazon means that many species of fish that people depend on for food in the northern state of Roraima are now unsafe to eat.

Amazon River freshwater fish show signs of overexploitation. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2022 / 06 / 220608133607.htm. Cornell University.

Organic matter binds to metal pollution. The rich organic matter that gives the largest tributary of the Amazon River, the Rio Negro, its characteristic black hue may provide fish with some ...