Waning fish-catch in Cambodia's Tonle Sap region


A fisheries officer inspects an illegal fishing site in Pursat’s Kandieng district. agriculture ministry. - PPP

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/ANN): The freshwater and marine fish catch in the first quarter of the year was 960,000 tonnes, indicating a drop for all types of fish compared to the same period last year.

More than 600 fisheries crimes were cracked down on nationwide, according to a report by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

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