The community-based fisheries management (CBFM) in Cambodia aims to promote the sustainable fisheries resource management by the empowerment of fisher’s communities to manage their own aquatic resource. This paper describes the challenging of fisheries communities’ implementation: case study in Cambodia and the most important insight in the advocated practical issues that impact on their social livelihood. In addition, this lesson is aimed to gain a better understanding of function in CBFM in Cambodia in general, with particular emphasis the way forward successful of CBFM. The absence of sustainable management and ineffective enforcement of regulation lead to overfishing. The illegal fishing and encroachment of flood plain forest as private possession, other developments still exist including possible accessing of outsider fisher. Mostly CBFM still depends on external support combine with the short budget and no regular incentive resource. The understanding of fishermen and good leadership as well as capacity building initiative which focus on leadership development which is personnel investment and including effort of women involvement. The collaboration between government agencies and community committee are weak including the right of individual participation as co-management actor in community fisheries decision making processes. In addition, CBFM lacks in action plan, and cooperation of competent authority which is essential for the progress of implementation of fisheries management. We need to promote regional, national and sub-nation networking on implement community fisheries (Cfi) activities by their own initiative and self-financial creation. Law on fisheries and sub-degree on Cfi management should amendment for empowerment and promote the right based approached.

1. Mr. Chanraksmey Tauk
Student ID: 6110620032
Advisor: Dr. Pornpimon Chuaduangpui
Community based fisheries management
in Cambodia
Department of Aquatic Science, Faculty of Natural Resources
Semester 1 Academic Year 2018

2. 1
• Introduction
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• Definition of Community-based fisheries management (CBFM)
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• Benefit of CBFM3
• Current situation of CBFM in Cambodia
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• Challenging of CBFM in Cambodia
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• Strategies of CBFM in Cambodia
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• Case study of CBFM in Cambodia
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• Conclusion and recommendation
Contents
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3. Map of Cambodia 2
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4.  Over 650 000 fishers who operate on and manage in small-
scale fisheries in the local community
 Average annual supply of fish per capital 41.1 kg & far
above global average 19.7 kg
 Fish account for 68.6 % of total animal protein supply to
Cambodia (FAO, 2016).
1. Introduction
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Source: Cambodia, 2017

5. Three types of fishing gears used:
1. Introduction (Cont)
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Source: Baran, 2005
Large-
scale

6.  1st Fisheries reform in 2000; 469 Community Fisheries (CFi) established
 2nd fisheries reform in 2012; 516 CFi established for: User collective
rights/rights-based approaches.
1. Introduction (Cont)
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Fishing lot
area
(Rich)
Serious
Conflict
Open access for
small scale(Poor)
Complained by small
scale fisheries
Government decide to reform fisheries
management Source: Khim, 2015

7. Individuals community
. Fishers
. Fisher’s families
. People who depend on fishing
. Community leader
- Non fishing community members.
Local Economy
. Fisheries support.
. Commercial fisher
. Farmers
Cultural values
. Traditional
. Stewardship ethic
. Local traditional knowledge
.
Ecological system
. Fisheries resource
. Water quality
. Forest
. Weather/ climate…
2. Definition of CBFM 6
. Recognize and promote
. Conserve and protect
. Right for responsibilities
. Accumulate concept
. Enforce the regulation
. Collect their right on resource
Source: FAO, 2018; DENR, 2001; Charles et al., 2006CBFM

8. Understand
value role &
responsibilit
y.
Access right
by fisher get
secure
Right
equal and
indiscrimi
nation.
Eradicate
hunger and
poverty.
Create
work
Able send
their
children to
school.Revers
fish
stock
decline.
Develop and
conserve
resource for
sustainable.
Knowledge
sharing, and
security of
tenure on
resource.
2. Benefit of CBFM in Cambodia
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9. MAFF were created 516 communities ( 475 inland and 41
marine) in 2016.
 At least 394 communities have been registered.
 5 communities organized document to ministry.
 And 33 still wait the local authority signature on map.
517 fishing communities (476 inland and 41 marine) in 2017
(Davy et al., 2017)
3. Current situation of CBFM in Cambodia
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Source: FACT, 2017

10. Process of fisheries management in Cambodia
Before reform
Centralization (Top-down)
management
After reform
Fisheries Co-Management
Decentralization & Deconcentration
User right/ collective right through
Community fisheries establishment
and management
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Source: Khim, 2015

11.  General confusion on role of community fisheries management.
 Lack of involvement of key stakeholder
 Abuse of fishing grounds from outside fisher
 Limit understanding of fishermen
 Lack of initiative resource (Action plan and Capacity building…)
 Finance support
Encroachment on flood forestIllegal fishing Overfishing by Dai bagnet
4. Challenging of CBFM in Cambodia
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Source: FACT, 2017

12. Source: FAO, 2017
4. Challenging of CBFM in Cambodia
(Cont)
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68
51
45
29
24
18
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Pollution by
agriculture and
industry
Illegal fishing
by powerful
people
Flood forest
Cutting by
influential
people
Land grabbing
affect
Illegal
instructure
affecting to
water flow
Electro
fishing,
shallow
fishing, toxic
wastewater
Threat in inland CBFM(%)

13. Source: FAO, 2017
4. Challenging of CBFM in Cambodia
(Cont)
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73
37
17
10
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Destructive fishing
net
Trawling by larger
boats
Illegal fishing by
oversea vessel
Pollution of coastal
water
Threat in Marine CBFM (%)

14. Source: FAO, 2017
70
37
30
17
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Lack of fund to assist,
loss of interest
Member not feeling
sense of ownership of
the institution
People derive no
benefit from being a
member
Too many procedures
for obtaining
government
recognition for CBFM
Threat to Future (%)
4. Challenging of CBFM in Cambodia
(Cont)
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15. Rectangle 4: Sustainable and
inclusive development which
cover on:
(1) Promoting agriculture
and rural development
(2) Managing the
sustainability of natural
resource and culture
(3) Strengthening the
management of
urbanization
(4) Ensuring environment
sustainability and
preparing to address
climate change
5. Strategies of CBFM in
Cambodia
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(RGC, 2018)

16.  Create more conservation area
 Strengthen the capacity community
 Increase the aquaculture (Fish pond communities)
 Increase Fisheries law enforcement
 Eliminate all forms of fishing offenses
 Manage resource (patrolling fisheries crimes)
5. Strategies of CBFM in Cambodia
(Cont)
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Source: FACT, 2017

17. Serey et al. (2012) Reported that …….
Local resource user and state agencies are still difficult to realize
on impediment of CBFM.
 The context of decentralization process, decision, and
accountability in natural resource management not yet transfer or
open to participation.
 Poor of linkages between central government, state agencies,
and Cfi are uncertainly.
6. Case study of CBFM in Cambodia
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18. Sopha et al. (2018) reported that …..
 Fisheries resource were maintain by local user although the shortage budget of
community fisheries.
 Internal rule of saving group have to feedback the opinion and initiative of the
member to ensure for sustainable fisheries management.
 Education and integrated livelihood activities were useful consideration in
encourage the participation.
6. Case study of CBFM in Cambodia
(Cont)
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Source: FACT, 2017

19.  Conclusion:
 Illegal fishing and encroachment of flood forest still appear
by the power person.
 Initiative resource is deficiency on implementation (action
plan, financial support, collaboration, and participation).
 Current understanding of fisher still not incentive to internal
rule and decision on management plan in CFi.
 Decentralization system still not open yet for key
stakeholders.
7. Conclusion and Recommendation
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20.  Recommendation:
 Enhancing leadership capacity and gathering membership (Gender)
 Fisheries Law should increase enforcement and amendment
 Strengthens the collaboration (Provincial, District, and Committee)
 Management plan should be the priority to any fisheries
development program
 Financial policy should be address on strategies development plan.
7. Conclusion and Recommendations
(Cont)
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21. Thank You for Attention
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