by
Dirk Lamberts
RAP Publication 2001/11
ASIA-PACIFIC FISHERY COMMISSION
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
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Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
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Cambodia - some relevant facts
Cambodia and inland fisheriesi. Fish production and consumption
ii. Contribution of inland fisheries to the national economy
iii. Fish production and food securityObjectives of the study
Methodologyi. Study area and characterization of the habitats
ii. Identification of habitat types by macrophyte vegetation and flood regime
iii. Selection and location of the sampling areas and sites
iv. Sampling procedure
Biotic components of the ecosystem
Productivity of the ecosystem and natural resource usei. Ecosystem productivity
ii. Natural resource use in the Tonle Sap ecosystemLimnological parameters: methods
Results of the limnological samplingi. Diurnal changes in water quality
ii. Seasonal changes in water qualityDiscussion: floodplain habitats ecology
i. Diurnal changes and patterns
ii. Seasonal changes and patterns - phases of flooding
Catches
Fishing techniques and geari. Large-scale fisheries (fishing lots)
ii. Medium-scale fisheries
iii. Subsistence (small-scale) fisheries
PART III. GILLNET FISHERIES: CASE STUDY
i. Experimental gillnet fishing
ii. Additional fish sampling
iii. Selected species
iv. Fish identifications
v. Ichthyological parametersi. Composition of the gillnet catches
ii. Selectivity of gillnets - comparison of experimental gillnet catches with those by other types of gear
iii. Habitat-related results of the experimental gillnet fishingDiscussion: floodplain gillnet fisheries
Selected data and information on eight species of economic importancei. Cirrhinus microlepis (Sauvage, 1878)
ii. Cyclocheilichthys apogon (Valenciennes, 1842)
iii. Cyclocheilichthys enoplos (Bleeker, 1850)
iv. Henicorhynchus siamensis (deBeaufort, 1927)
v. Osteochilus melanopleurus (Bleeker, 1852)
vi. Paralaubuca typus (Bleeker, 1865)
vii. Trichogaster microlepis (Günther, 1861)
viii. Trichogaster trichopterus (Pallas, 1770)
PART IV. TONLE SAP AQUACULTURE
Description of Tonle Sap aquaculture systems
Environmental aspects
National policies, strategies, plans and programmes for Tonle Sap aquaculture development
ANNEX 1. Macrophyte species composition of the case study habitats
ANNEX 2. Fish species encountered in the case study
ANNEX 3 .Summary overview of sampling activities