Extinction of a megafish: Can this spark action to save other migratory freshwater species? (commentary)

Mongabay
Feb 14, 2020, 11:59 am330 pts
The extinction of the Chinese paddlefish, announced by researchers in January 2020, is entirely the result of human impacts on the Yangtze River over the last 50 to 60 years. This tragic event serves to highlight the challenges facing many of the world’s migratory freshwater fish species. Many of these…

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