Second rescued giant stingray returned to Mekong River

A giant stingray weighing 143kg was captured and released in Stung Treng province on May 23. - AKP

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/Asia News Network): The Mekong River Wonder project – in collaboration with the Inland Fisheries Research and Development Institute (IFREDI) – released a gigantic freshwater stingray back into the river, after it was caught by fishermen on May 22 in Koh Preah commune of Stung Treng province’s Siem Bok district.

Sam Vichet, head of the Fisheries Administration’s (FiA) provincial cantonment, said the fish weighed 143kg and was 171cm wide. Its body was 181cm long, but when measured from the tip of the nose to the tip of the tail, it was 365cm in length.