Freshwater fish are in trouble: Here’s how we can help them

Freshwater fish are in trouble: Here’s how we can help them

Fishing is a way of life for people who live on the floating villages of Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake. These Southeast Asians depend on fish that migrate in and out of the lake. And how many are there depend on the time of year. The wet season runs from May to October. Rains rush off land in the Mekong River basin to the Tonle Sap River and lake. This raises levels in much of the lake — the largest in Southeast Asia. Starting around one meter (3 fe…