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Freshwater fish make up 51% of all fish species and ¼ of all vertebrate species on Earth Nearly 1/3 of freshwater fish species are threatened with extinction; 76% decline in migratory freshwater fish since 1970; 94% decline in mega-fish (heavier than 30kg) such as Danube sturgeon since 1970; Freshwater fisheries provide food for 200 million people and livelihoods for 60 million; and Fisheries valued at over US$38 billion, while recreational fishing generates US$100 billion. There are18,075 freshwater fish species, accounting for over half of the entire world’s fish species and a quarter of all vertebrate species on Earth. This wealth of species is essential to the health of the world’s rivers, lakes and wetlands – and supports societies and economies across the globe. But freshwater fish continue to be undervalued and overlooked – and thousands of species are now heading towards extinction. Freshwater biodiversity is declining at twice the rate of that in our oceans or

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