{"id":466299,"date":"2022-06-21T20:22:24","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T17:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/660-pound-stingray-caught-in-cambodia\/"},"modified":"2022-06-21T20:22:24","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T17:22:24","slug":"660-pound-stingray-caught-in-cambodia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/660-pound-stingray-caught-in-cambodia\/","title":{"rendered":"#660-pound stingray caught in Cambodia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2e743dca2ba\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" 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href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/660-pound-stingray-caught-in-cambodia\/#%E2%80%9C660-pound_stingray_caught_in_Cambodia%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;660-pound stingray caught in Cambodia&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9C660-pound_stingray_caught_in_Cambodia%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;660-pound stingray caught in Cambodia&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>For one lucky fisherman in Cambodia, the catch of the day was the world\u2019s largest recorded freshwater fish \u2014 a giant stingray weighing a stunning 660 pounds that took about a dozen men to carry ashore. <\/p>\n<p>Fisherman Moul Thun, 42, hooked the female stingray, which measured almost 13 feet from snout to tail, near a remote island on the Mekong River on June 13.<\/p>\n<p>The next morning, the fisherman alerted a nearby team from the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usaid.gov\/cambodia\/fact-sheets\/wonders-mekong\">Wonders of the Mekong <\/a>\u2014 a joint Cambodian-U.S. research project \u2014 which has publicized its conservation work in communities along the river.<\/p>\n<p>The scientists arrived within hours of getting a post-midnight call with the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>, and were amazed at what they saw.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, when you see a fish this size, especially in freshwater, it is hard to comprehend, so I think all of our team was stunned,\u201d Wonders of the Mekong leader Zeb Hogan said in an online interview from the University of Nevada in Reno. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/cambodia-giant-stingray-largest-fish-2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"stingray Cambodia\" class=\"wp-image-22742861\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/cambodia-giant-stingray-largest-fish-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/cambodia-giant-stingray-largest-fish-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/cambodia-giant-stingray-largest-fish-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The stingray was hooked near a remote island on the Mekong River on June 13.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Chhut Chheana\/Wonders of the Mekong via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The stingray shattered the previous record for the largest freshwater fish, which had been held by a 646-pound Mekong giant catfish that was discovered in 2005 in northern Thailand.<\/p>\n<p>But the catch was not just about setting a new record, Hogan said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact that the fish can still get this big is a hopeful sign for the Mekong River, \u201d Hogan said, noting that the waterway faces many environmental challenges, including overfishing pollution and dam building.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/cambodia-giant-stingray-largest-fish-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Stingray in Cambodia\" class=\"wp-image-22742863\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/cambodia-giant-stingray-largest-fish-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/cambodia-giant-stingray-largest-fish-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/cambodia-giant-stingray-largest-fish-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>About a dozen men were needed to care the stingray ashore.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Chhut Chheana\/Wonders of the Mekong via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Mekong River runs through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. It is home to several species of giant freshwater fish but environmental pressures are rising. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBig fish globally are endangered. They\u2019re high-value species. They take a long time to mature. So if they\u2019re fished before they mature, they don\u2019t have a chance to reproduce,\u201d Hogan said. \u201cA lot of these big fish are migratory, so they need large areas to survive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The scientists who rushed to the site inserted a tagging device near the tail of the hulking fish before releasing it back into the river. The device will send tracking information for the next year, providing unprecedented data on giant stingray behavior in Cambodia.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/cambodia-giant-stingray-largest-fish-6.jpg?w=853\" alt=\"Cambodia stingray\" class=\"wp-image-22742862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/cambodia-giant-stingray-largest-fish-6.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1706 1706w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/cambodia-giant-stingray-largest-fish-6.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1279w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/cambodia-giant-stingray-largest-fish-6.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=853 853w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/cambodia-giant-stingray-largest-fish-6.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=427 426w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/cambodia-giant-stingray-largest-fish-6.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\"\/><figcaption>Wonders of the Mekong leader Zeb Hogan (above) said \u201call of our team was stunned\u201d at finding the stingray.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Courtesy of Zeb Hogan, University of Nevada-Reno<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe giant stingray is a very poorly understood fish. Its name, even its scientific name, has changed several times in the last 20 years,\u201d Hogan said. \u201cIt\u2019s found throughout Southeast Asia, but we have almost no information about it. We don\u2019t know about its life history. We don\u2019t know about its ecology, about its migration patterns.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Researchers say it\u2019s the fourth giant stingray reported in the same area in the past two months, all of them females. They think this may be a spawning hotspot for the species.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the record-marking catch being dumped back in the waters, the fisherman was compensated at market rate, meaning he was paid about $600.<\/p>\n<p><em>With Post Wires<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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