Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Cambodia plans to submit documents requesting the registration of five fisheries communities in Koh Kong and Preah Sihanouk provinces to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries later this month.
This came after several fisheries agreements were signed and recognised by relevant authorities last week.
Som Sitha, landscape project manager at WCS Cambodia, said on February 8 that his organisation – in collaboration with the Fisheries Administration’s Department of Community Fisheries Development – had signed the documents with five communities to manage and conserve fishery resources, especially royal turtles (Batagur affinis) and Siamese crocodiles (Crocodylus siamensis), in a sustainable manner.
“Now that we have signed these agreements, we are at the final stage. We will send the documents to the agriculture ministry and get these communities registered,” he said.
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