PHOTO ESSAYS: THE MEKONG RIVER: THAILAND AND LAOS: Mekong__JDP5505

As fish swim through the discharge tunnels of the Nam Ngum Dam they are often killed or stunned, making it easy for locals to pick them off as they float to the surface downstream. A young fisherman shows off his catch, a local Barb, on the banks of the Nam Ngum River just below the Nam Ngum Dam.

As fish swim through the discharge tunnels of the Nam Ngum Dam they are often killed or stunned, making it easy for locals to pick them off as they float to the surface downstream. A young fisherman shows off his catch, a local Barb, on the banks of the Nam Ngum River just below the Nam Ngum Dam.