In honor of World Fish Migration Day 2020, a new book has been written by author Eva Lucía Bayarri and artist-illustrator Juvi Galán. This book follows the story of two macaws helping a dorado catfish find a mate! The catfish is having trouble finding a mate on his own because the river he swam up is no longer free-flowing and other catfish cannot swim their way to the traditional mating grounds. Find out if Branchy, the dorado catfish, finds a mate and what can be done to help other catfish find mates in the future!
This story showcases the importance of free-flowing rivers as they are key swimways for migratory fish to complete their lifecycles and contribute to the next generation of fish. Free-flowing rivers are a scarce resource, but we can still protect the rivers that are free-flowing and restore the ones that are not.
Thank you to the author, Eva Lucía Bayarri, and to illustrator Juvi Galán, for sharing this wonderful book as a part of World Fish Migration Day 2020. We would also like to thank the following persons for volunteering their time to translate the book!
Arabic: Hagar Dighiesh (The national institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF))
Chinese: Kong Xue (WWF China)
English: Eva Lucía Bayarri
French: Sandra Chevret (SandyCamps) and Fabrice Duponchelle (Inst. de Recherche pour le Développement)
German: Ruben van Treeck , Juliane Lukas and Timo Rittweg (IGB Berlin)
Greek: Foivos Alexandros Mouchlianitis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) and Maria Cheimonopoulou (Helenic Ministry of Rural Development and Food)
Italian: Francesca Saccà and Giovanna Tanzi
Japanese: Miori Aoyama
Korean: Rebecca Kim and Sun Jeong Kim
Portuguese: João Ricardo Doria Carneiro and Carolina Rodrigues Da Costa Doria
Russian: Yulia Fomenko (WWF Russia, Amur Branch)
Spanish: Eva Lucía Bayarri, Paul van Damme, Claudio Baigun
Romanian: Ioana Persoiu, Sanda Iepure, Isabelle Maria Craciun-Bogdan
Slovenian: Eva Horvat
You can check out the Yuru and Ara's landing page with all the interviews and the story of our cooperation
Spanish: https://baediciones.com/yuru-y-ara-una-historia-en-el-rio-mamore/
English: https://baediciones.com/en/yuru-y-ara-a-story-at-the-mamore-river/
Or check out the songs written about the book as well!
English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX2_4o7_ycc
Spanish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3_IsfAOy7k&t=110s