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Hope for Amazon river dolphin?
A moratorium on fishing the piracatinga catfish in the Brazilian Amazon was extended for the third time since its introduction in 2014. There’s now no expiry date for the ban, although the ministries of environment and fishing have a period of three years to reevaluate it.
The moratorium was instituted to protect the pink river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis), known locally as the boto.