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Cambodia releases over 1 mln fry, shrimps on National Fish Day

Xinhua, July 1, 2015 Adjust font size:

More than one million baby fish and 100,000 young shrimps were freed into a reservoir in northeast Cambodia's Kampong Cham province on Wednesday to mark the 13th National Fish Day, Prime Minister Hun Sen said.

A variety of aquatic creatures, including fish, shrimps, tortoises, turtles, frogs and eels, were released into the reservoir, he said while presiding over the ceremony.

The celebration of the fish day aims to encourage people to actively join forces to preserve fish species in natural habitats and to increase fish raising activities.

The prime minister said that a Cambodian consumes 52 kg of fish a year.

"On the occasion, I'd like to appeal to fishermen not to fish during the annual fish breeding season (from July to October) and not to use illegal fishing devices," he said, urging farmers to expand fish raising in order to reduce the catches of natural fish.

The Southeast Asian nation has more than 300 fish nurseries, which are able to produce more than 130 million baby fish a year, according to the Fisheries Administration. Endi