The Phnom Penh Post
3 January 2014
Cambodia’s fish output rose 10 per cent in 2013 from a year earlier, according to figures from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
Production reached 730,000 tonnes last year, Nao Thouk, director of the ministry’s fishery department, said yesterday. There were 550,000 tonnes of fresh fish, 100,000 tonnes of shellfish, and 80,000 tonnes of varieties bred through aquaculture.
Thouk added that Cambodia still imported fish from abroad in order to supply its hotels and restaurants. The country exported 20,000 tonnes last year.
Higher levels of rainfall and flooding led to the bigger catch in 2013, fishermen have said.