Hun Sen overturns recent large-scale fish export ban

16 January 2012
The Cambodia Daily
Agriculture and fishing / Environment and natural resources / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Fishing, fisheries and aquaculture / Protected areas / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
Agriculture & Agri-business / Agro-Business / Ban / Chan Youttha / fish exports / Fishing / illegal fishing / large-scale fish exports / natural resources / river / Tonle Sap Authority / Tonle Sap river

Less than two weeks after the Tonle Sap Authority reportedly installed a ban on large-scale fish exports, Prime Minister Hun Sen declined to endorse the order and re-opened exports, officials said yesterday. Chan Youttha, secretary-general of the Tonle Sap Authority, said it had prepared a report with four key recommendations for the prime minister’s approval Friday. Its suggestion to install a fish export ban was turned down by Mr Hun Sen until further discussion on the measure was completed, he said…