Challenges in managing Cambodia ’ s inland fisheries . How can we meet them ?
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The high productivity stems from the annual inundation by the Mekong River of the large floodplains found in central Cambodia around the Great Lake, Tonle Sap, and the Mekong floodplains northeast and south of Phnom Penh, where important fish habitats such as flood forests are found (Figures 1.1 and 1.2 page 16). Huge seasonal migrations take place between these floodplains and spawning grounds in the Mekong and tributaries in northeast Cambodia and possibly southern Laos.
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