Laotian fishermen fight the current of the Mighty Mekong (Suthep Kritsanavarin/Zuma Press)
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A fisherman pulls a giant bagarius, which he caught an hour before, across the strong rapids of Mekong River in Southern Laos. The fish was caught in his Li Kok Ma, a traditional fishing trap. (Suthep Kritsanavarin/Zuma Press)
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Suthep Kristsanavarin in the Mekong River while photographing this project. (Zuma Press)
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A Lao fisherman harvests fish from the powerful Khong falls in Southern Laos. The few who fish here follow their traditions, fishing in one of the most dangerous places in the fishing world. Any error could mean death.(Suthep Kritsanavarin/Zuma Press)
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Phai Kaewchantha crosses back from his fishing trap in the middle of the Mekong river in the south of Laos. This plastic rope is not strong and can be damaged when the Mekong floods. (Suthep Kritsanavarin/Zuma Press)
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This trap could provide several tons of fish during the monsoon before the strong flow of the Mekong destroys it.(Suthep Kritsanavarin/Zuma Press)
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Oxygaster anomalura fall into a fishing trap in a channel of the Mekong River in southern Laos. (Suthep Kritsanavarin/Zuma Press)
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Don Khamputhorn with a number of catfish that she will prepare for dinner. “Some days we don't have fish to eat,” she says. That never happened ten years ago. (Suthep Kritsanavarin/Zuma Press)
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Ma Khamputhorn is going to take a bath and wash his face of sticky fish scales. They cover his face while he makes dry fish to sell in the market during the fish migrating season in June. (Suthep Kritsanavarin/Zuma Press)
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During the dry months, the water level drops, creating countless small islands around the vast width of the river, converging in dramatic waterfalls where fishermen cast nets into the frothy depths. (Suthep Kritsanavarin/Zuma Press)
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A fisherman uses a rope to cross the Li Phi falls, a channel of the Mekong River in the south of Laos during fishing season in the early monsoon season in July. (Suthep Kritsanavarin/Zuma Press)
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A fisherman carries a giant bagarius fish back to his house in southern Laos. (Suthep Kritsanavarin/Zuma Press)
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Two fishermen ready to go fishing in the Li Phi falls. (Suthep Kritsanavarin/Zuma Press)
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A boy walks on a wire to cross the rapids of Mekong River in southern Laos to reach his fishing trap. (Suthep Kritsanavarin/Zuma Press)
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A Lao boy sits on the “river fence” made from wood and rock. The fence will hold the fish in place until fishermen catch them. (Suthep Kritsanavarin/Zuma Press)
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A fisherman throws a catfish into his Li Kok Ma during the fish migrating season in July. The fishing trap is constructed before the coming monsoon. It takes at least two weeks to build just one. (Suthep Kritsanavarin/Zuma Press)
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The Mekong is one of the most productive wild fish rivers in the world — according to recent studies, 2.6 million tons of fish are caught there annually, representing 16 percent of the world total. (Suthep Kritsanavarin/Zuma Press)
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A fisherman brings a giant catfish to his village. At first the fisherman tried to sell the fish, which weighed about 150 kgs, to a merchant. (Suthep Kritsanavarin/Zuma Press)
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