ABC Radio Australia
The Cambodian government is entering the crustacean trade by planning to hatch some one million freshwater lobsters to meet local demand and cut imports.
The plan is to hatch one million juveniles which would be sold to domestic farmers looking to rear them for the local market.
Currently just 10 to 20 tonnes of wild freshwater lobsters are caught locally each year, with 3 tonnes a day brought in from Vietnam to satisfy demand.
Haing Leap, the deputy director of the Department of Fisheries at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries says the Takeo provincial fisheries department has hatched 300 thousand baby lobsters since June.
He blames the low number of locally caught lobsters on environmental changes and the loss of sheltered areas for breeding females.
The plan is to hatch one million juveniles which would be sold to domestic farmers looking to rear them for the local market.
Currently just 10 to 20 tonnes of wild freshwater lobsters are caught locally each year, with 3 tonnes a day brought in from Vietnam to satisfy demand.
Haing Leap, the deputy director of the Department of Fisheries at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries says the Takeo provincial fisheries department has hatched 300 thousand baby lobsters since June.
He blames the low number of locally caught lobsters on environmental changes and the loss of sheltered areas for breeding females.
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excellent, i love cambodian lobster or fresh water shrimp. they're big and very delicious. they are actually found abundantly in the lakes and rivers of cambodia. they come both from fresh water and salt waters as well. i especially love the fresh water khmer lobster. they are so good. try them!
actually those khmer lobsters are known as prawns because they are bigger in size than shrimps. i think lobster is salt water species; whereas prawn is freshwater variety. in khmer we called them bongkang. cambodia have lots of prawns in the huge tonle sap lake. they are very tasty, indeed and huge in sizes. of course, there are smaller varieties as well.
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