SUPPORT/EVIDENCE
-7% of Cambodia’s national GDP is fisheries.
-According to a report by Cambodia's Fisheries Administration, the total output of freshwater fisheries over the last three years has declined significantly. The fish catch in 2020 was 413,200 tons, down 13.71 percent compared to 2019. And the fish catch further declined by 7.3 percent in 2021. In 2021, Cambodian authorities cracked down on 2,952 fishing crime cases, a slight increase of 28 cases, compared to the crackdown in 2020, which was 2,923 cases.