The Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Development and Rupununi communities on Tuesday rescued and relocated 27 arapaima (2 adults and 25 juveniles) trapped in a drying pond in Kurupukari, Essequibo River.
According to an Iwokrama report, information was forwarded to its office of an eight-foot arapaima trapped in a drying pond near Kurupukari landing. Having received the report, a verification was carried out by a monitoring team on November 3.
Led by Iwokrama’s Head Ranger, Micah Davis, the monitoring team made a three hour up-stream trip from the Kurupukari team where one adult arapaima and four juveniles were located. After a complete assessment was made, it was determined that the fish would not have survived if they remained in
