Table 1.
Population, and number of interviewees within target survey villages in Siphandone, Lao PDR. Villages located in Khong district on islands within the Mekong.
Table 2.
Focal species of Mekong fish for which last capture dates established from interviews with fishermen in Siphandone, Lao PDR.
Fig 1.
Mean (± 95% confidence interval) last capture date (in months) of focal species from 120 interviewed fishermen in Siphandone, Lao PDR.
Species abbreviations: P. gig Pangasianodon gigas; H. poly Himantura polylepis; D. laos Dasyatis laosensis; Prob. Probarbus spp; B. behri Bangana behri; H. spil Hemibagrus spilopterus; B. barb Barbonymus gonionotus Note Pangasius sanitwongsei not included in the figure due to the species’ large last capture date.
Table 3.
Most recent, mode and mean (with 95% confidence interval) last capture dates (in months) of focal species from 120 interviewed fishermen in Siphandone, Lao PDR.
Fig 2.
Perceived status of focal species of Mekong freshwater fish from 120 interviewed fishermen in Siphandone, Lao PDR over the past 20 years.
4 common to 0 extinct. Species abbreviations: P. gig Pangasianodon gigas; P. sanit Pangasius sanitwongsei; H. poly Himantura polylepis; D. laos Dasyatis laosensis; Prob. Probarbus spp; B. behri Bangana behri; H. spil Hemibagrus spilopterus; B. barb Barbonymus gonionotus.