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Mercury fish: gold mining puts downstream communities at risk in Peru

By Giovanny Vera 5 de February de 201514 de September de 2020

Pregnant mothers, children, and even adults could face health problems from gold mining pollution in Amazonian Peru

EBC Radios: Piracatinga Fishing is Restricted in the Brazilian Amazon

By Stefano Wrobleski 6 de January de 201514 de September de 2020

Fishing for piracatinga, a flat fish known as “Water Vulture”, will be restricted for a period of five years in the Amazon.

CBS News: Amazon’s biggest fish faces threat of extinction

By Stefano Wrobleski 15 de August de 201414 de September de 2020

A recent survey of fishing communities in the state of Amazonas, Brazil, found that the arapaima is already extinct in some parts of the Amazon basin. In other parts of the Amazon, its numbers are rapidly dwindling.

A Crítica: Ornamental fish of rare beauty has been exported illegally in the Amazon

By Stefano Wrobleski 5 de August de 201414 de September de 2020

The Hypancistrus zebra has been exported illegally by a route passing through the state of Amazonas.

El Diario: Fishes were the most affected by dams construction

By Giovanny Vera 29 de June de 201414 de September de 2020

The construction of dams in the Brazilian Amazon affected significantly the fauna of the rivers by the disappearance of fish species.

ScienceCodex: New electric fish genus and species discovered in Brazil’s Rio Negro

By Giovanny Vera 24 de April de 201414 de September de 2020

Scientists reports that they have discovered a new genus and species of electric knifefish in several tributaries of the Negro River in the Amazonas, State of Brazil.

Scientists study what keeps freshwater fish abundant in the Amazon

By Stefano Wrobleski 24 de April de 201414 de September de 2020

To quantify the effect of deforestation on fish, Kirk Winemiller is working with a team of Texas A&M and Brazilian researchers. Once completed, the project will inform the work of government agencies and conservation groups in Brazil.

Report reveals that fish from the Moronacocha lagoon are not apt for human consumption

By Stefano Wrobleski 14 de March de 201414 de September de 2020

A report of the Research Institute of the Peruvian Amazon (IIAP) reveals that the water of the Moronaocha lagoon (Loreto) has coliform bacteria above the permissible limit, because the drain of all the neighboring waterways lead into this lake.

Guyana: Community management is saving the arapaima, the giant of rivers

By Giovanny Vera 16 de February de 201414 de September de 2020

This giant is easy to pick up, because it needs to emerge. This feature also allows to count it and plan a sustainable fishery.

Loreto: operation against the commercialization of contaminated fish

By Giovanny Vera 25 de January de 201414 de September de 2020

Police and environmental organizations conducted operations in areas of high risk of contamination in Iquitos, where illegal activities take place.

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