Photo Credit: Alle Barber of Wave Foundation Newport Aquarium in Newport, Kentucky
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The fishers protect an area the size of Pennsyvania and the UK from development and deforestation (photo: Dan Hosmer)
The fishery provides livelihoods for thousands of people (photos: Mike Tuccinardi)
Fishers collect fish in pristine rivers (photo: Radson)
Fishers use the most basic tools and nets as to not harm the fish (photo: Colin)
Abundant small colorful fish with many offspring are carefully collected (photo: Vinny Deluca)
Each year the rivers drop 30 feet in the drought where some fish die in drying puddles
The fish travel to the export facilities by boat
In transit on the rivers the fish are held in bins (photo: Nora Hickey)
In transit on the rivers, fish are held in bins (photo: Steve Heisey)
Fish are held at transfer stations along the rivers (photo Adriano Cruz)
Before Export, the fish are held in ponds and tanks at facilities (photo: Adriano Cruz)
The fish are exported worldwide from Brazil's Amazon Forest
Many IUCN Redlisted species benefit from the fishery (Photo: Nick St. Erne)