Kengmai Rapids Fish Conservation Zone (Mekong River)

Community-managed no-take Fish Conservation Zone covering ~215 ha along a 5 km stretch of the mainstem Mekong River at the Kengmai Rapids, on the border of Vientiane and Xayabouri provinces (villages: Donsok and Phalath in Vientiane Province; Donmen and Houayla in Xayabouri Province). All fishing is prohibited to protect spawning habitat of the endangered Probarbus jullieni and P. labeamajor; spearing/harpooning is therefore banned within the zone.