All provincial governors, police, and army whose jurisdiction borders the Tonle Sap Lake have been told to stamp out illegal fishing starting from yesterday.
In issuing this directive yesterday, Prime Minister Hun Sen called on those behind the illegal fishing, including fishermen, to stop it immediately or face the consequences.
The Premier said this at the closing ceremony of the annual meeting of 2021 in the Ministry of Agriculture.
He said this after the Royal Academy of Cambodia president Sok Touch highlighted to him that rampant illegal fishing has been going on in Tonle Sap Lake in Kampong Chhnang, Kampong Thom, Siem Reap, Pursat and Banteay Meanchey provinces and if this continues, the nation will lose its national resources.
The Prime Minister said that he wants to inform all relevant officials about illegal fishing in Tonle Sap Lake and will observe over a few weeks what they have done and did not do…