Fish tale: A million released

2 July 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
Agriculture and fishing / Fishing, fisheries and aquaculture
aquaculture / Baray district / Chan Sarun / ecosystem / Fish / fish population / fisheries / Fishermen / Fishing / illegal fishing / Kampong Thom / Kampong Thom Province / Minister of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries / Ministry of Agriculture / national aquaculture institute / National Fish Day / Prom Phally / Research and Aquaculture National Institute / Royal Government of Cambodia / water

A million fish formed the front line of the conservation fight yesterday, when Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries officials released them in Kampong Thom provincial waters, celebrating the launching of a national aquaculture institute.

Yesterday’s celebration of National Fish Day in Baray district marks the official start of the Research and Aquaculture National Institute, a government-funded organisation that sets its goal at producing up to 20 million fish per year. ...

Fish populations are already on the rise, according to the Ministry of Agriculture. Between 2011 and 2012, the number of fish in Cambodian fisheries rose by 14 per cent. ...

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