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State of the Basin Report - 2003The annual catch from the dai fishery inCambodia ranges from 7,000 – 18,000 tonnes.Most of the catch is processed to make atraditional fish paste called prahoc. 66 Themajority of the catch (55 percent by weight)consists of small cyprinids Henicorhynchus spp.and Paralaubuca typus. 67 Fish yield in the LMBpeaks seasonally during the dry season and atthe start of the rainy season. To provide fish atother times, fish are sun dried, salted, pickled,smoked, fermented and made into fish sauces,oils and pastes.2.6 Economic valueTable 2 shows that the entire fisheries capture and culture sector in the LMB is estimated to beworth $1,478 million annually. The value of the wild riverine fishery in the LMB is estimated to be$1,042 million, the aquaculture sector is worth $273 million, and the reservoir fishery is valued at$163 million annually. (See Table 3)Cambodia’s freshwater capture fishery of 400,000 tonnes has an estimated value at the landing sitesof $200 million and an estimated retail value of over $300 million annually. 68 Studies on livelihoodstrategies found that villagers around the Great Lake spent less time on fishing activities but generated3.5 times more value than for their farming activities. 69High value fish such as snakeheads (Channa micropeltes and C. striata) and sand goby (Oxyeleotrismarmorata), are sometimes exported out of the region. Sand goby, for instance, is considered adelicacy through much of eastern Asia and can fetch prices as high as $10 per kg in Viet Nam, HongKong and Singapore. 70 Export of fish and aquatic products from Cambodia to neighbouring Thailandand other countries is being stimulated by the construction of improved roads and bridges and thegreater availability of ice for cold storage.Cultured and captured river catfishes Pangasianodon hypophthalmus and Pangasius bocourti areincreasingly being exported from Viet Nam. Processed river catfish are exported to Australia underthe name of Pacific Dorado 71 and they are also exported frozen to the USA. 72 (See Table 2)Table 2. Fish production and value in the LMBFish and aquatic product source Quantity (tonnes) Price ($ per kg) Value ($ millions)Riverine capture fisheries 1,533,000 0.68 1 1,042Aquaculture 260,000 1.05 2 273Reservoirs 240,000 0.68* 163TOTAL 2,033,000 1,478Note: * The reservoir fishery consists of both capture and aquaculture sectors, but the respective proportions of eachare unknown. To estimate the value of the reservoir fishery, we have been conservative in using the lower priceestimate of $0.68.Sources: 1. Aeron-Thomas in prep; 2. Phillips 2002110