Report of Study Visit at Fisheries Refugia Sites in Cambodia

Abstract

A study visit at fisheries refugia sites in Cambodia was an activity in the training component of the implementation plan in Thailand for the project on the Establishment and Operation of a Regional System of Fisheries Refugia in the South China Sea and the Gulf of Thailand. The study visit to Cambodia was co-ordinately organized by the Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives of Thailand and Fisheries Administration, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Cambodia, taking place on 12th – 14th September 2022 in Phnom Penh, Kampot Province, and Kep Province of Cambodia. Seven officers of the Department of Fisheries of Thailand participated in the study visit, which was hosted by government and private professionals involved in fisheries refugia and ecosystem-based coastal and environmentally sustainable management in Cambodia.