Many factors affect the highly productive fishery on the Van Nao, a lateral branch connecting the two main branches of the Mekong River as it fans out into the Delta. Mr Vu Vi An, a researcher at Research Institution for Aquaculture No. 2, talks to local fishers in his efforts to identify the reasons for declining catches.
Wild Caught Fish in the Mekong Delta

Catches are declining in productive fisheries in the Mekong Delta. Why?
*This story was first published on Mekong Citizen website