For most rural people in Cambodia, rice fi elds and associated habitats are important sources of fi sh and other aquatic animals (OAAs), which provide both nutrition and income. A lack of quantitative information contributes to a general neglect of rice fi eld fi sheries in development planning, which usually favours intensifi cation of rice production that may negatively impact the fi shery. The main objective of this study was to quantify the yield and value of the rice fi eld fi shery in an area typical of the rain-fed, lowland, wet-season rice fi elds that surround the fl oodplain of the Tonle Sap-Great Lake system. At. | o MERc0 ff rTS-l-rn i MRC eiE o Mekong River Commission Yield and value of the wild fishery of rice fields in Battambang Province near the Tonle Sap Lake Cambodia MRC Technical Paper No. 18 July 2008 Meeting the Needs Keeping the Balance n-l-ru o mrc 4bleo Mekong River Commission Yield and value of the wild fishery of rice fields in Battambang Province near the Tonle Sap Lake Cambodia MRC Technical Paper No. 18 July .
