Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Cambodia's fisheries production rises 6.7% in 2013


2 July 2014

SAMAKI MEANCHEY DISTRICT, Kampong Cham Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister said Tuesday that Cambodia's fisheries production rose 6.7% from a year earlier to 728,000 tons last year.

He also said that 528,000 tons came from freshwater fisheries and 110,000 tons from marine fisheries. The remaining 90,000 tons came from aquaculture, up 21.6% from a year earlier. Production of juvenile fish and prawns rose 7.1% to 150 million in the same period.

Forestry and Fisheries Minister said the number of illegal fishing cases fell 28.4% from a year earlier to 3,802 in 2013. In 3,481 cases, illegal fishing gear was destroyed.

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