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Asia's Small-scale Fishers Vulnerable to Global Fish Crisis, says New WRI Report.

Publication: M2 Presswire
Publication Date: 30-SEP-04 		Format: Online - approximately 897 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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M2 PRESSWIRE-30 September 2004-World Resources Institute: Asia's Small-scale Fishers Vulnerable to Global Fish Crisis, says New WRI Report(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

RDATE:09302004

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - In the rural provinces around Southeast Asia`s largest freshwater lake, the Tonle Sap in Cambodia, violent conflicts are increasingly becoming routine between small-scale fishers and operators of large-scale, commercial fish pens. The local fishers accuse the wealthy outsiders of having corrupt ties to the government and using destructive fishing methods. In turn, the commercial owners say that the independent fishermen poach their stocks.

Such conflicts and other issues related to the complex problem of the global fish crisis are examined in a new report released today by scientists from the World Resources Institute (WRI). The report, Fishing for Answers: Making Sense of the Global Fish Crisis, is...

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