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The Amazon’s largest fish makes a comeback

By Associated Press

Nov. 3, 2022

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People move down the Middle Jurua river, Amazonia, Brazil, Friday, Sept. 2.
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Fishermen join boats to pass fish from the boat used to catch, left, to the motorized one, right, used to transport it faster to the processing ship, in San Raimundo settlement lake, Carauari, Brazil, Tuesday, Sept. 6. Along the Jurua River, a tributary of the Amazon, riverine settlers and Indigenous villages are working together to promote the sustainable fishing of near magic fish called pirarucu.
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Fishermen brothers Gibson, right, and Manuel Cunha Da Lima raise a pirarucu fish from a lake in San Raimundo settlement, at Medio Jurua region, Amazonia State, Brazil, Monday, Sept. 5.
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Fisherman pull with a pirarucu fish at a lake in San Raimundo settlement lake, Carauari, Brazil, Tuesday, Sept. 6.
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Fishermen brothers Gibson, right, and Manuel Cunha Da Lima, front, raise a pirarucu fish from a lake in San Raimundo settlement, at Medio Jurua region, Amazonia State, Brazil, Monday, Sept. 5. When the fishers catch one, they haul in the net and club the fish in the head. Then they put it in their small boat. When it's very heavy, two or three men are required to do the job.
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A boat transports fish to the processing ship, in San Raimundo settlement lake, Carauari, Brazil, Tuesday, Sept. 6. Pirarucu fishing is done once a year, around September, the period of lowest water.
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Three pirarucu fish, captured by brothers Gibson, right, and Manuel Cunha Da Lima, front, lie at a floating warehouse in San Raimundo settlement, at Medio Jurua region, Amazonia State, Brazil, Monday, Sept. 5.
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Workers wash pirarucu with clean fresh water, in Carauari, Brazil, Tuesday, Sept. 6. The pirarucus are then taken from the lakes to a large boat by the Jurua River. There they are gutted, a task that is mostly done by women, and put on ice.
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Workers eviscerate a pirarucu in Carauari, Brazil, Tuesday, Sept. 6.
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A man separates leather from the body of a pirarucu fish at industrial refrigeration factory of Asproc, Association of Rural Producers of Carauari, Amazonia, Brazil, Wednesday, Aug. 31.
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Heads and leather of pirarucu are kept cold in Carauari, Amazonia, Brazil, Wednesday, Aug. 31.
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Moored boats, some with people sit at the port of Carauari city, Amazonia, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 1. Pirarucu fishing is done once a year, around September, the period of lowest water.
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Fisherman Marco Aurelio Cauto Viana, carries pieces of a pirarucu fish in San Raimundo settlement, at Medio Jurua region, Amazonia State, Brazil, Monday, Sept. 5.
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Eliane Farias, carries pieces of a pirarucu fish in San Raimundo settlement, at Medio Jurua region, Amazonia State, Brazil, Monday, Sept. 5.
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Surrounded by houses the lake in Carauari city is seen during sunrise, Amazonia, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 1.

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