Arapaima fish

1. Feature

1.1. Scales

1.1.1. like a bullet-proof vest

1.1.2. protect to piranha

1.2. Eat fish, birds, lizards and mammals

1.3. 3 meters long and weighing 200 Kg

2. In 1990

2.1. population decline

2.1.1. overfishing

3. Francisco das Chagas Melo

3.1. community leader

3.2. work to protect Amazon lake

4. How many ?

4.1. 4000 arapaima

4.2. population quadrupled

5. Where

5.1. Amazon river basin

6. Local communities

6.1. important food source

6.1.1. Overfishing

7. conservationists and local communities

7.1. illegal fishing stopped

7.2. fishing for arapaima is banned

7.3. calculates quotas

7.3.1. no more than 30% of adult fish

7.4. Harvesting is allowed

7.4.1. Between August and November

8. Now

8.1. 330 000 Arapaima

8.1.1. in 1 358 lakes

8.1.1.1. in 35 managed areas