ພົບປາບຶກແມ່ນໍ້າຂອງຂະໜາດໃຫຍ່ ແລະຫາຍາກ ໃນກຳປູເຈຍເຮັດໃຫ້ເກີດຄວາມຫວັງໃນການອະນຸລັກ

ປາບຶກແມ່ນໍ້າຂອງຂະໜາດໃຫຍ່ 6 ໂຕ ຊຶ່ງຢູ່ໃນກຸ່ມໃກ້ຈະສູນພັນຢ່າງຫຍີ່ງ ຖືກຈັບແລະປ່ອຍຄືນສູ່ທຳມະຊາດໃນກຳປູເຈຍເມື່ອບໍ່ດົນມານີ້ເຮັດໃຫ້ເກີດຄວາມຫວັງໃນການຢູ່ລອດຂອງສາຍພັນນີ້

ປາບຶກແມ່ນໍ້າຂອງຂະໜາດໃຫຍ່ສາມາດເຕີບໃຫຍ່ໄດ້ຍາວເຖີງ 3 ແມັດ ແລະ ໜັກເຖີງ 300 ກິໂລກຣາມ ຫຼືໜັກເທົ່າເປຍໂນຂະໜາດໃຫຍ່. ປັດຈຸບັນພົບປາບຶກແມ່ນໍ້າຂອງໃນເອເຊຍຕາເວັນອອກສຽງໃຕ້ເທົ່ານັ້ນ ແຕ່ໃນອະດີດເຄີຍອາໄສຢູ່ໃນແມ່ນໍ້າຂອງທີ່ມີຄວາມຍາວ 4,900 ກິໂລແມັດ ຕະຫຼອດເສັ້ນທາງຈາກປາກແມ່ນໍ້າຂອງໃນປະເທດຫວຽດນາມຈົນເຖີງເຂດພາກເໜືອແຂວງຢຸນນານຂອງຈີນ

ປະຊາກອນຂອງສາຍພັນນີ້ຫຼຸດລົງເຖິງ 80% ໃນຊຸມປີມໍ່ ໆ ມານີ້ເນື່ອງຈາກຄວາມກົດດັນທີ່ເພີ່ມຂື້ນຈາກການຫາປາຫຼາຍເກີນໄປ, ເຂື່ອນທີ່ຂັດຂວາງເສັ້ນທາງການເຂື່ອນຍ້າຍຂອງປາທີ່ປະຕິບັດຕາມການວາງໄຂ່ແລະການຂັດຂວາງອື່ນ ໆ.

ຈາກຜູ້ຄົນນັບລ້ານຄົນທີ່ເພີ່ງພາອາໄສແມ່ນໍ້າຂອງເພື່ອລ້ຽງຊີບຂອງເຂົາມີພຽງບໍ່ພໍເທົ່າໃດຄົນທີ່ເຄີຍເຫັນປາບຶກໃຫຍ່ ການພົບເຫັນປາບຶກໃຫຍ່ 6 ໂຕ ຊຶ່ງຖືກຈັບແລະປ່ອຍຄືນສູ່ທຳມະຊາດພາຍໃນ 5 ວັນ ຖືເປັນສີ່ງທີ່ບໍ່ເຄີຍເກີດຂື້ນມາກ່ອນ

ປາບຶກໃຫຍ່ 2 ໂຕທຳອິດຢູ່ໃນແມ່ນໍ້າ ໂຕນເລສາບ ຊຶ່ງເປັນສາຂາຂອງແມ່ນໍ້າຂອງທີ່ຢູ່ບໍ່ໄກຈາກນະຄອນຫຼວງພະນົມເປນຂອງປະເທດກຳປູເຈຍ ພວກມັນໄດ້ຮັບປ້າຍການກຳນົດຕົວຕົນແລະປ່ອຍອອກມາເມື່ອວັນອັງຄານທີ່ຜ່ານມາ. ຊາວປະມົງໄດ້ຈັບປາບຶກໃຫຍ່ອີກ 4 ໂຕ ໃນນັ້ນມີ 2 ໂຕຍາວກ່ວາ 2 ແມັດ ຊຶ່ງມີນໍ້າໜັກ 120 ກິໂລກຣາມ ແລະ 131 ກິໂລກຣາມ ຕາມລຳດັບ. ປາທີ່ຈັບໄດ້ນັ້ນປະກົດວ່າເຄື່ອນຍ້າຍມາຈາກຖິ່ນອາໄສໃນເຂດທົ່ງພຽງແມ່ນໍ້າຂອງໃກ້ກັບທະເລສາບ ໂຕນເລສາບຂອງກຳປູເຈຍໄປທາງເໜືອຕາມແມ່ນໍ້າຂອງເບິ່ງຄືວ່າຈະໄປວາງໄຂ່ໃນພາກເໜືອຂອງກຳປູເຈຍ, ລາວ ຫຼື ໄທ

“ເປັນສັນຍານທີ່ດີວ່າປາຊະນິດນີ້ບໍ່ໄດ້ມີຄວາມສ່ຽງຕໍ່ການສູນພັນໃນໄວ ໆ ນີ້ ເຊັ່ນດຽວກັບໃນບໍ່ພໍເທົ່າໃດປີຕໍ່ໜ້າຊຶ່ງເຮັດໃຫ້ມີເວລາທີ່ຈະດຳເນີນກິດຈະກຳອະນຸລັກແລະຄ່ອຍ ໆ ຫຼຸດຈຳນວນລົງເພື່ອຟື້ນຕົວ” ດຣ ເຊບ ໂຮເກິນ ນັກຊີວະວິທະຍາການວິໄຈຈາກມະຫາວິທະຍາໄລ ເນວາດາ ເຣໂນ ຫົວໜ້າໂຄງການ Wonders of the Mekong ຊຶ່ງໄດ້ຮັບທືນຈາກສຳນັກງານເພື່ອການພັດທະນາລະຫວ່າງ

ປະເທດຂອງສະຫະລັດກ່າວ

Six critically endangered Mekong giant catfish — one of the largest and rarest freshwater fish in the world — were caught and released recently in Cambodia, reviving hopes for the survival of the species.

The underwater giants can grow up to 10 feet (3 meters) long and weigh up to 300 kilograms (661 pounds), or as heavy as a grand piano. They now are only found in Southeast Asia's Mekong River but in the past inhabited the length of the 4,900-kilometer (3,044 mile)-long river, all the way from its outlet in Vietnam to its northern reaches in China's Yunnan province.

The species' population has plummeted by 80% in recent decades due to rising pressures from overfishing, dams that block the migratory path the fish follow to spawn and other disruptions.

Few of the millions of people who depend on the Mekong for their livelihoods have ever seen a giant catfish. To find six of the giants, which were caught and released within 5 days, is unprecedented.

The first two were on the Tonle Sap river, a tributary of the Mekong not far from Cambodian capital Phnom Penh. They were given identification tags and released. On Tuesday, fishermen caught four more giant catfish including two longer than 2 meters (6.5 feet) that weighed 120 kilograms and 131 kilograms (264 pounds and 288 pounds), respectively. The captured fish were apparently migrating from their floodplain habitats near Cambodia's Tonle Sap Lake northward along the Mekong River, likely to spawning grounds in northern Cambodia, Laos or Thailand.

"It's a hopeful sign that the species is not in imminent, like in the next few years, risk of extinction, which gives conservation activities time to be implemented and to continue to bend the curve away from decline and toward recovery," said Dr. Zeb Hogan, a University of Nevada Reno research biologist who leads the U.S. Agency for International Development-funded Wonders of the Mekong project.

Much is still unknown about the giant fish, but over the past two decades a joint conservation program by the Wonders of the Mekong and the Cambodian Fisheries Administration has caught, tagged and released around 100 of them, gaining insights into how the catfish migrate, where they live and the health of the species.

"This information is used to establish migration corridors and protect habitats to try to help these fish survive in the future," said Hogan.