Cambodia's dwindling fish stocks put spotlight on changing rivers


  • World
  • Monday, 08 Mar 2021

FILE PHOTO: Women dry fish on the Mekong river bank in Kandal province, Cambodia, December 14, 2018. REUTERS/Samrang Pring

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodian fisherman Tin Yusos tucks into a meal of the previous day's catch with his wife and granddaughter aboard a boat which doubles as their home moored by the banks of the Tonle Sap River.

They plan to set out for another day of fishing in the area of the Tonle Sap and Mekong rivers, though his expectations are low.

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