Mixed outlook for this year’s catch of trey riel
The season for making prahok, the fermented fish paste that is a staple of the Cambodian diet, has opened this month amid mixed forecasts for the annual catch.
Prahok production, which fuels the Kingdom’s largest annual fish harvest, sustains the incomes of thousands of Cambodians, particular around the Tonle Sap lake. But community representatives say low water levels and illegal fishing have so far resulted in a small turnout of the Siamese mud carp, or trey riel, species used to produce the foodstuff. …
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mixed-outlook-years-catch-trey-riel
