Filling the Gap: A New Guidebook for Assessing Freshwater Protected Areas
Setting up a protected area is only the beginning of a long-term conservation effort. An ongoing commitment is needed to ensure that the area is truly protected, Read More…
Fish Conservation Zones
Taking Stock of Fish Conservation Zones in Laos
It’s hard to manage what you can’t count. The same is true whether trying to manage a fish population or a group of fish conservation areas. Community Read More…
Film Friday: Fishing Among the Mountains
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFvgwA9IHDE Today's Film Friday features the adventure of a lifetime: trekking among the remote mountains of Myanmar in the name of freshwater fish conservation. Enjoy Fishing Among Read More…
Bringing Conservation Full Circle
Sometimes it takes a while to see an idea become a reality. We first started working with local fishers in the villages of Ang Noi and Sakai Read More…
Sharing Fish Conservation Experiences in Laos
For the last five years, FISHBIO has been working with communities in northern Laos to establish and manage Fish Conservation Zones (FCZs) in the Mekong River, which Read More…
Celebrating Fish Conservation for World Fish Migration Day
Migratory fish, and the rivers they live and travel in, are the key focus of our work in both California and Laos. For the past several years, Read More…
Fish Conservation on the Chindwin River
The Chindwin River is the largest tributary of the Irrawaddy River in Myanmar, with a total length of about 1,200 km. This river plays a significant role Read More…
New Film Spotlights Myanmar’s Mountain Fishes
In February 2016, FISHBIO staff joined an expedition to some of the remotest villages in northern Myanmar on a mission for fish conservation. Today, we’re excited to Read More…
Flooded Road
The rainy season in Laos brings a whole new level of uncertainty to field work, and requires extra resourcefulness. After our team recently led a training on Read More…
Training Time
After more than a year in development, a draft of our Fish Conservation Zone (FCZ) assessment guidebook is finally in print. FISHBIO staff were excited to hold Read More…