JRHS Writing BLOG

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Big Catfish in Cambodia

It was 2.4 meters long and 204 kilograms. The catfish was caught in Tonle Sap River on November thirteenth evening. This fish is the only smooth-skin fish caught in this year. After collecting enough information, biologist Zed Hogan and his partners realeased the fish to the river without injury. A long time ago, the Mekong river was known as the home of a lot of giant fish. Since the year 2000, the fishermen caught only 5-10 giant fish per year. In my opinion, this fish is the biggest catfish which was caught in the Mekong river. There are alot of big fish in the Mekong river but because of the pollution, the amount of the fish is decreased. I think we have to do something to protect our environment from pollution so we can see some good things - not only the giant fish but also the animals. This giant Catfish is so interesting because I’ve never seen a big fish like this. At the beginning of this year, biologist Zeb Hogan from the university of Reno in Nevada started the project “MegaFishes Project” in order to acknowledge the circumstances of the biggest fish in the world.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/emerging/zebHogan.html