Humans have developed an untold number of ways to catch fish, but no matter how many traps, electrofishers, snorkel surveys, and even good ol’ fashioned fishing poles a fisheries biologist may employ, these sampling methods never guarantee the capture of every individual. This can make it difficult to obtain a complete assessment of a fish community. But while fish may evade fykes, hooks, and nets, they still leave telltale traces in the environment in the form of DNA.
Read moreSince 2022, biologists from FISHBIO have been working with local partners to conduct the first-ever acoustic telemetry study of fish migration in the Cambodian Mekong. In May 2023, FISHBIO biologists, along with project partners, tagged hundreds of fish and conducted repairs to the acoustic system.
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