Agriculture and fishing
Fishing, fisheries and aquaculture
Fisheries output near 1M tonnes
Fisheries production in Cambodia this year is expected to clock in at 936,300 tonnes, up 3.06 per cent from the 908,508 tonnes logged in for the entire year 2019, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery’s Fisheries Administration. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/fisheries-output-near-1m-tonnes
Aquaculture committee to boost sector development
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has established the Aquaculture Promotion Cambodia Committee to facilitate the production and business activities of the Cambodian Aquaculturist Association (CAA), to increase production capacity for domestic supply and export. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/aquaculture-committee-boost-sector-development
Aquaculture sector needs better supply and demand
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon held an ad hoc meeting with fishery officials and the Cambodian Aquaculturist Association on December 14 to discuss the matter of promoting domestic aquaculture produce and reducing imports amid the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/aquaculture-sector-needs-better-supply-and-demand
Marine poaching cases down sharply this year
Illegal fishing in coastal provinces has seen a remarkable decrease this year which experts attribute to effective campaigns to educate local residents of applicable laws and widespread patrols by law enforcement. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/marine-poaching-cases-down-sharply-year
Female fishery activists play a key role
In the Khmer folktale “Phnom Chiso Temple,” a Hindu priest gives blessings to a Khmer prince, saying: “May you be as strong as an ant, as mighty as a ghost and as decisive as a woman.” Following this as an example, after fishery communities were ...
Moeun Chhean Nariddh
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50784633/female-fishery-activists-play-a-key-role/
Frog farming encouraged as market demand rising
Veng Sakhon, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, has encouraged farmers to consider raising frogs as the market demand for the baby frogs is increasing. ...
Lim Nary – AKP
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50773462/frog-farming-encouraged-as-market-demand-rising/
PM donates fish to Administration
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday donated hundreds of two species of fish to the Agriculture Ministry’s Fisheries Administration so that it can dole them out to farmers. ...
Khann Chanvirak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50756552/pm-donates-fish-to-administration/
First half-year figures see rise in fish breeding
Fish production during the first half of this year reached close to one billion, marking a nearly one percent rise from figures recorded in the same period last year. ...
Som Kanika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50749133/first-half-year-figures-see-rise-in-fish-breeding/
Aquaculture urged as fish yield plummets
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday encouraged farmers to engage in sustainable aquaculture activities to promote domestic production, and in turn, boost the national economy. ...
Som Kanika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50744767/aquaculture-urged-as-fish-yield-plummets/
Aquaculture sector takes off in Cambodia
Cambodia has seen remarkable increase of aquaculture with in the last decade, according to the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Minister Veng Sakhon, shared the notice recently underlining that Cambodia’s aquafarming rose from 50,000 tonnes in 2009 to more than 300,000 tonnes in 2019. ...
Phal Sophanith/AKP
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50743003/aquaculture-sector-takes-off-in-cambodia/
Fish, frogs to boost local food supply
The government has disbursed more than $4.5 million to boost aquaculture production and domestic market supply amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon told The Post on Monday that in boosting agricultural production, the ministry has received financing from development ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fish-frogs-boost-local-food-supply
Law enforcement must safeguard fish species
The Fisheries Administration and WWF yesterday urged the government to implement strict law enforcement on the illegal fishery and trade of endangered fish in the Mekong River. The WWF report stated 35 species of fish, including the Giant Barb and Isok Barb are classified as ...
Som Kanika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50740956/law-enforcement-must-safeguard-fish-species/
Agriculture ministry calls for tighter protection of forests and fisheries
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has directed its municipal and provincial departments to take measures to prevent forestry and fisheries crimes. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/agriculture-ministry-calls-tighter-protection-forests-and-fisheries
Cambodia aquaculture thrives amid coronavirus pandemic
Cambodia’s fish farming and aquaculture continue to rise in the local market despite the adverse effects felt in many other sectors in the Kingdom from coronavirus. ...
Som Kanika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50731637/cambodia-aquaculture-thrives-amid-coronavirus-pandemic/
Guidelines for closed fishing season released
The Fisheries Administration banned the use of some fishing gears during the closed fishing season, which will begin early June, to contribute to the preservation and protection of fishery resources for future generations. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50724664/guidelines-for-closed-fishing-season-released/
Gov’t bans fish exports
The government has suspended fish exports in an effort to stabilise domestic supply in the face of the spreading coronavirus. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-bans-fish-exports
Japanese firm to conduct study on investment in aquaculture industry in Cambodia
A Japanese firm has been conducting a study on investment possibility in raising Tilapia – a freshwater fish species in Cambodia, according to JICA. ...
MRC story on livelihoods of fishing communities along the Mekong
The Mekong River Committee (MRC) today released a report on safeguarding livelihoods for fishing communities in Mekong countries, including Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50698419/mrc-story-on-livelihoods-of-fishing-communities-along-the-mekong
Prahok season begins
The Agriculture Ministry’s Fisheries Administration yesterday said that prahok makers should rush to produce fermented fish paste and smoked fish as catches are currently high. Eng Chea San, director general for the Fishery Administration, said that in the 2019-2020 fishing season, water from Tonle Sap lake ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50667520/prahok-season-begins/
Officials to meet on Mekong crisis as fishing communities suffer
On Cambodia’s Tonle Sap, record low water levels have plunged fishing communities into crisis but with warnings of “severe drought”, there are concerns the situation will get even worse. ...
Leonie Kijewski
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/11/officials-meet-mekong-crisis-fishing-communities-suffer-191125070104119.html
Export of fishery products sinks in first nine months
Cambodia exported 10,980 tonnes of fishery products in the first nine months of this year – down 0.5 per cent from the same period last year – a Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries report said. The Kingdom exported 7,000 tonnes of fresh fish (60 ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/export-fishery-products-sinks-first-nine-months
Fishing season begins with ministry calling for permits
Fishing season has officially begun and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has encouraged people to apply for permits and respect the law as they set lures, nets and traps to catch their haul. The 2019-20 fishing season varies between five to eight months ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fishing-season-begins-ministry-calling-permits
Authorities bust illegal fishing
At least 1,843 cases of illegal fishing were busted by the authorities in the last eight months and 19 out of 89 perpetrators were imprisoned by the court, said a report on the overall result of fisheries crimes cracked down nationwide. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/authorities-bust-illegal-fishing
Appetite software could be adapted to Mekong fish farms
A newly developed fish-appetite detection system for aquaculture could be adapted for fish farms in the Lower Mekong region, it was reported Monday. Catch and Culture – Environment, the fisheries and environment newsletter of the Mekong River Commission, said the system had been developed by Umitron ...
Thmey Thmey Staff
https://cambodianess.com/article/appetite-software-could-be-adapted-to-mekong-fish-farms