Cambodian fisheries eye access to European markets


Fishermen unload the catch during the fishing season in Kandal province’s Ponhea Leu district in 2021. - PPP

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/Asia News Network): Shetty Thombathu, chief technical adviser to the UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), said the UN agency and the Fisheries Administration (FiA) under Cambodia’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries are collaborating to ensure that the kingdom’s fisheries products meet EU regulations and standards for access to the European market.

Thombathu made the statement during the opening ceremony of an event for post-harvest fisheries enterprises benefiting from the CAPFISH project, held at the ministry on September 17.

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