FISHERIES REFUGIA PROFILE AND LANDING SITE IN KAMPOT PROVINCE

Abstract

The Fisheries Refugia profile in Kampot province, Cambodia is one of the target outputs of the SEAFDEC/UNEP/GEF project on Establishment and Operation of a Regional System of Fisheries Refugia in the South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand. The profile focuses on grouper (Epinephelus coioides), consists of 8 main chapters as follows: 1) Background of fisheries refugia site, 2) importance of coastal fisheries habitats, 3) Fishing Capacity, 4) Role of fisheries refugia, 5) numbers of fishing community, 6) Existing fisheries management measures, 7) Habitats for endangered marine species, 8) Biological reviews