diff --git a/backend/src/routes/localitySpecies.ts b/backend/src/routes/localitySpecies.ts
index dd991813..8c6d3a82 100644
--- a/backend/src/routes/localitySpecies.ts
+++ b/backend/src/routes/localitySpecies.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Request, Router } from 'express'
-import { getLocalitySpeciesList } from '../services/locality'
+import { getLocalitySpeciesList } from '../services/localitySpeciesExport'
 
 const router = Router()
 
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ router.post('/', async (req: Request<object, object, { lids: number[] }>, res) =
   const user = req.user
   const lids = req.body.lids
   if (!lids) return res.status(400).send({ message: 'Missing lids' })
-  const localitySpeciesList = await getLocalitySpeciesList(lids, user)
-  return res.status(200).json(localitySpeciesList)
+  const exportList = await getLocalitySpeciesList(lids, user, res)
+  return res.status(200).json(exportList)
 })
 
 export default router
diff --git a/backend/src/services/locality.ts b/backend/src/services/locality.ts
index 79ef1cba..6fa3d194 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/locality.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/locality.ts
@@ -1,68 +1,11 @@
-import { logDb, nowDb, pool } from '../utils/db'
 import { EditDataType, LocalityDetailsType, User } from '../../../frontend/src/backendTypes'
-import Prisma from '../../prisma/generated/now_test_client'
+import { Role } from '../../../frontend/src/types'
 import { validateLocality } from '../../../frontend/src/validators/locality'
 import { ValidationObject } from '../../../frontend/src/validators/validator'
-import { fixBigInt } from '../utils/common'
-import { Role } from '../../../frontend/src/types'
+import Prisma from '../../prisma/generated/now_test_client'
 import { AccessError } from '../middlewares/authorizer'
-import { NOW_DB_NAME } from '../utils/config'
-import { PoolConnection } from 'mariadb'
-
-const CHUNK_SIZE = 20000
-
-const getChunk = async (
-  conn: PoolConnection,
-  limit: number,
-  offset: number,
-  lids: number[],
-  includeDrafts: boolean
-) => {
-  const excludeDraftsString = includeDrafts
-    ? ''
-    : `AND (loc_status = 0 AND lid NOT IN (SELECT DISTINCT ${NOW_DB_NAME}.now_plr.lid FROM ${NOW_DB_NAME}.now_plr JOIN ${NOW_DB_NAME}.now_proj ON ${NOW_DB_NAME}.now_plr.pid = ${NOW_DB_NAME}.now_proj.pid WHERE ${NOW_DB_NAME}.now_proj.proj_records = 1))`
-  const result: { [index: string]: string | number | null | bigint | boolean }[] = await conn.query(
-    `
-    SELECT * FROM ${NOW_DB_NAME}.now_v_export_locsp WHERE lid IN (${lids.map(() => '?').join(', ')}) ${excludeDraftsString} ORDER BY loc_name LIMIT ${limit} OFFSET ${offset}
-    `,
-    [...lids]
-  )
-  return result
-}
-
-const formatValue = (val: unknown) => {
-  if (typeof val === 'bigint') return `"${Number(val)}"`
-  if (val === null) return `""`
-  return `"${val as string}"`
-}
-
-const getExportList = async (conn: PoolConnection, lids: number[], includeDrafts: boolean) => {
-  const chunks = []
-
-  let columnHeaders: null | string[] = null
-
-  for (let i = 0; ; i += 1) {
-    const chunk = await getChunk(conn, CHUNK_SIZE, i * CHUNK_SIZE, lids, includeDrafts)
-    if (chunk.length === 0) break
-
-    // Get column headers
-    if (!columnHeaders) columnHeaders = Object.keys(chunk[0])
-
-    chunks.push(...chunk.map(c => Object.values(c).map(val => formatValue(val))))
-  }
-  return [columnHeaders, ...chunks]
-}
-
-export const getLocalitySpeciesList = async (lids: number[], user: User | undefined) => {
-  const conn = await pool.getConnection()
-  const exportList = await getExportList(
-    conn,
-    lids,
-    (user && [Role.Admin, Role.EditUnrestricted].includes(user.role)) || false
-  )
-  await conn.end()
-  return exportList
-}
+import { fixBigInt } from '../utils/common'
+import { logDb, nowDb } from '../utils/db'
 
 const getIdsOfUsersProjects = async (user: User) => {
   const usersProjects = await nowDb.now_proj_people.findMany({
diff --git a/backend/src/services/localitySpeciesExport.ts b/backend/src/services/localitySpeciesExport.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..615a5eb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/services/localitySpeciesExport.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import { PoolConnection } from 'mariadb'
+import { User } from '../../../frontend/src/backendTypes'
+import { NOW_DB_NAME } from '../utils/config'
+import { Role } from '../../../frontend/src/types'
+import { Response } from 'express'
+import { pool } from '../utils/db'
+
+const getExportList = async (
+  conn: PoolConnection,
+  lids: number[],
+  includeDrafts: boolean,
+  rowHandler: (row: unknown) => void
+) => {
+  return new Promise(resolve => {
+    const excludeDraftsString = includeDrafts
+      ? ''
+      : `AND (loc_status = 0 AND lid NOT IN (SELECT DISTINCT ${NOW_DB_NAME}.now_plr.lid FROM ${NOW_DB_NAME}.now_plr JOIN ${NOW_DB_NAME}.now_proj ON ${NOW_DB_NAME}.now_plr.pid = ${NOW_DB_NAME}.now_proj.pid WHERE ${NOW_DB_NAME}.now_proj.proj_records = 1))`
+    resolve(
+      conn
+        .queryStream(
+          `
+    SELECT * FROM ${NOW_DB_NAME}.now_v_export_locsp WHERE lid IN (${lids.map(() => '?').join(', ')}) ${excludeDraftsString} ORDER BY loc_name
+    `,
+          [...lids]
+        )
+        .on('data', rowHandler)
+    )
+  })
+}
+
+const formatValue = (val: unknown) => {
+  if (typeof val === 'bigint') return `"${Number(val)}"`
+  if (val === null) return `""`
+  return `"${val as string}"`
+}
+
+export const getLocalitySpeciesList = async (lids: number[], user: User | undefined, res: Response) => {
+  const exportList: unknown[] = []
+
+  const transformRow = (row: unknown) => {
+    const values = Object.values(row as object)
+    return values.map(value => formatValue(value))
+  }
+
+  const conn = await pool.getConnection()
+  await getExportList(conn, lids, (user && [Role.Admin, Role.EditUnrestricted].includes(user.role)) || false, row => {
+    exportList.push(transformRow(row))
+  })
+  await conn.end()
+  return exportList
+}