Paris, France, March 24, 2026 (AFP) - UN warns migratory freshwater fish numbers are spiralling

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2026-03-24

Migratory freshwater fish populations crucial to river health and sustaining the livelihoods of millions of people are in freefall and risk collapse, a major UN assessment warned Tuesday. Habitat destruction, overfishing and water pollution from the Amazon to the Danube threaten the very survival of hundreds of species whose epic voyages along the world's great rivers go largely unnoticed. Freshwater fish face multiple threats, said the report pu......

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