imperiled-giant-fish-mainstream-dams-lower-mekong-basin-status-threats-mitigation

This document outlines the impacts of the Xayaburi dam on five of the Mekong’s largest fish and provides a short discussion about potential impacts to other threatened and migratory species. The author discusses shortcomings in the Environmental Impact Assessment and warns that the dam will have serious negative impacts on the migratory and imperilled fish of the lower Mekong River. It is argued that the impending changes could drive the Mekong giant catfish and the giant pangasius catfish to extinction.