Fish supply and demand in rural Svay Rieng province, Cambodia
1993
Tana, Seang Touch
Fresh water fish is of great dietary importance in Cambodia due to most people living inland. The Cambodian natural water body system provides a source of innumerable wild fish species which are distributed throughout the country during the floods to satisfy fishermen and farmers fishing in their fields. Fish production in this country was high in the past, contributing a substantial diet for local people. However, anecdotal evidence stated that wild fish catches have declined due to over exploitation and environment degradation in recent decades which has led to a decrease in fish supply. The fact has affected rural people who traditionally relied on fish from their subsistence fishery. This research focused on an investigation of the present fish supply and demand in rural Svay Rieng, one of the resource scarce provinces of Cambodia, using a fish market research approach. Key person interviews were used to obtain suitable information relating to the general situation (geographic, socio-economic, agriculture, fisheries, aquaculture) of the province from provincial, district, commune and village authorities, and the current fish marketing system from fishermen, wholesalers, retailers, and fish peddlers. A sampling survey of household fish consumption levels was conducted to collect household data, income, fishing activities and fish buying behaviour of two groups of household located near (Group 1) and far (Group 2) from natural water bodies (lakes-streams), for determining the protein intake from fish per caput per year of the people of the province. The results indicated a high proportion of both groups of household involved in fishing with 85.9 % (Group 1) and 83.6 % (Group 2).
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