"Investigator: Dam Project Killing Dolphins, Hurting Fishing and Tourism Industries", 24 October 2018

...[L]ocal authorities are utilizing legal loopholes to avoid adhering to regulations that would protect the biodiversity of the Mekong River.

Kong Monika led the Council’s team in investigating the impact of the Don Sahong Dam, currently under construction near the Laos-Cambodia border....

Monika said that authorities are doing nothing to restrict illegal fishing during times when the activity is supposed to be banned....

The dam project not only puts the dolphins at risk; it also hurts the livelihoods of villagers who rely on the river, the investigation found.

...“Before, we would make between $600 and $700 a day from fishing. Today, we can’t even catch enough fish for our own consumption,” he said.

Nearly 400 households in three villages located below Don Sahong have suffered a dramatic drop in their catch since work began on the dam in late 2015....

...International Rivers, an Oakland-based Environmental NGO with offices on four continents, says on its website that “the dam threatens vital Mekong River fisheries and the area's biological wealth, and undermines food security and the region’s fishery and tourism-based economy.”

The NGO warns that the dam, when completed, will block the free movement of migratory fish between Cambodia, Laos and Thailand.