Over 5,000 fish from endangered species put in rivers

Go forth and multiply: A fish being released into Chaktomuk River in Phnom Penh. — The Phnom Penh Post/ANN

The government and the Wonders of the Mekong project held a ceremony to release more than 5,000 fish from endangered species back into the Mekong and Tonle Sap rivers to allow them to reproduce and increase the rare fish populations.

Secretary of state at the Ministry of Environment Neth Pheaktra and Has Sareth, secretary of state at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, co-presided over the ceremony at the Chaktomuk River in Phnom Penh, which is connected to both of the larger rivers.