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During this period . Part of the problem here and the frustration, i think, of the committee is that its taken so long because you had no policy to go up the chain of command. And so you can tell me, well this was 2003 and 2004, but i tell you if i was there, id want to know exactly what happened then so id make sure it wasnt happening now. One part of the investigation was to go through and audit and do just that. From that period . From that period . Yeah. To look at the books from that period...

A controlled fishing system in the Brazilian Amazon Basin is helping to save the endangered pirarucú fish. Methods to limit illegal fishing have led to large increases in the pirarucú population.

Even in the most biodiverse rainforest of the world, the pirarucu, also known as arapaima, stands out.

Along the Jurua River, a tributary of the Amazon, riverine settlers and Indigenous villages are working together to promote the sustainable fishing of near magic fish called pirarucu

CARAUARI, Brazil — Even in the most biodiverse rainforest of the world, the pirarucu, also known as arapaima, stands out. First, there is its mammoth size: It can weigh up to 200 kilos (440 pounds), by far the largest of 2,300 known fish species in the Amazon. It is found primarily in floodplain

Along the Jurua River, a tributary of the Amazon, riverine settlers and Indigenous villages are working together to promote the sustainable fishing of near magic fish called pirarucu.

A threatened giant fish species has returned to the lakes of the Medio Jurua in Brazil thanks to multifaceted cooperation. Such efforts have not been seen in the vast region before – and it’s a vision of what’s possible in future Amazon conservation efforts.

Even in the most biodiverse rainforest of the world, the pirarucu stands out: It can weigh up to 440 pounds, by far the largest of 2,300 known fish species in the Amazon.

In the Amazon, a giant fish helps save the rainforest