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Stingray tale harks to Mekong risks

Local fishermen stand with a rescued 181-kilogramme, 3.9-metre-long giant freshwater stingray hooked by a fisherman's net in the Mekong River in Cambodia's Stung Treng province on May 5. (Photo: Reuters)

Before she helped to release a 181-kilogramme giant stingray back into the Mekong River in May, Chea Seila had only seen parts of the pancaked-shape fish before -- sliced and being sold at local markets in Cambodia.

"Wow, it was so big," exclaimed Chea Seila, a conservationist who works as project coordinator with the Wonders of the Mekong project, recounting the May 5 release during a webinar run by the US-based Stimson Center later that month.

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