Amazon fishers help scientists map dam harms to Madeira River stocks
via news.mongabay.com
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LAGO PURUZINHO, Brazil — Looking at the clear waters of Puruzinho Lake, fisher Raimundo Nonato dos Santos regrets the decline in fish stocks affecting the livelihood of his community in the Brazilian Amazon. Species like pirarucu (Arapaima gigas), tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) and pirapitinga (Piaractus brachypomus) have “disappeared” from Lago Puruzinho community in northern Amazonas state, […]