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A man collects fish at the Tonle Sap river bank in Phnom Penh, September 9, 2022. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

Fishers Struggle With Declining Fish Catch, Citing Irregular Water Levels

Fishers, NGOs, and the government say individual fish catch on the Tonle Sap is low again this year. But while a government official said that is primarily due to population growth and illegal fishing, researchers and community members say the culprit is the extremely irregular water levels caused by upstream hydropower dams.