Agro-biodiversity initiative helps northern fish conservation
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Agro-Biodiversity Initiative (TABI) is continuing to encourage rural people in three northern provinces to expand their fish preservation efforts at designated conservation reservoirs.
The project, which was launched in 2009, has increased the number of conservation areas to 262. Fishing is banned in 144, while the remaining 118 reservoirs are available for managed fishing in the provinces of Luang Prabang, Xieng Khuang and Huaphan.
Two species in the three provinces, the Giant Devil Catfish and Asian Redtail Catfish, remain at risk of extinction.
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