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&&did, with an @timated two r n i l l h h e t u m of hdartdfiafi&, ~sp&ntid$-%$ pductiw in ~ce&iW~k&a t w af Cm~rs l r~r t tamgd FM R$liga (CFR). If L mmmd by f i e MI-R~W €bmmirsion the ria?$& p m h mtwwlb on un memge 100 q.frmr?y sndiparsjish species, 2l& b very fmp~Mfw&@&h c o ~ t n l g c o ~ ~ @ w h m w p m v i d a arp to 8iJpwc&if the total m i n d probin Wok of l a pimple. The DM ~ g h &tion fmm rim &lai fisheries is mn'm&d as 2@,000 tom per y e a which can~£&m very sipgcantly w it91pMng the Z W i b d s uf t h M I idigefitsl and the pdbx Mnaghg $he ?ice&& fwkdm in a swt&rs;BL m a w ifrrough a siystefft of CFRs ip onepssihk cmdpmn&bg opt ion fou tk@tum if Cumbodfen riceflt?Id&kenenm.

I ~ @ w t t h & + - m r ~ d i r n n ~ i n r h i s s ~ k a n ~ ~ o m ~ l a @ & h ~ {CFR) system in the in gmml and South-Emem region i n w d p r dong with asstzssing th c h g e i n f i h p h c t i o n in rkga1-a~ whem C E . k a k been Srtbducd a d the i m p & of CF& m the economic conditions ofthe m&s. s&yfitmd mi that Cownu@ Fish R&gerplayd a w a y imp#mS mEe i?t hpmving the I fwdih& of tke rural p o r f-s crf tho mmmun fty level Ah &oms @inm?rne &@h .&n, income generation, apndtium, saving und m e t p!tZ~d k when &mpbd b$m and aflst&efintwtion of ffRs, dsfg~$Cjl t h e p i & w o n M ~ @@& m &a ~ivelih& of t h e m r f m e r s in the study m a .

1. htrgduction Rainboth, 1996) as its heart d the fish cradle of The Kmgdotn of Cambodia though is one of the the country, Cambodia b ;a fib consuming Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in the South- community where fish m b u t c s up to 81.5 per

, East Asia, but is quite rich in its natural remurces. cent of lbe total animal protein intake of the people, Cambodia is a country af rice fields, forest and especially the rural d g t n t s and the poor Ilving in - .

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rivers with the Tonle Sap Great Lakc that was the a r e s far away h m iqortaot wUer bodies fonned some 5-6,000 years ago (Carbonel, 1963; (Ahmed et al., 1993; Horde, 2007; Thwk, 2009).

l3hctor-Gemral of F i s h a s Adminismion, Royal Government of Cambodia. Tat: (855) 124011727, E,mail: naothuok.b@rnaff.gov.kh

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surplus M ~ctioduction, &m af la, i a b @up. A m e a n t increase in MI-*-:;.: animalrais~,liks*ckqduck,a8d@gandrict i 4 t W m B * t h e d * Z o f r n w

fomfim of CFRs had enabled the mmbm ta &me group of US$ 1,000 and dmw. In *this raise their income in the cbmmuxlity. The mm income group, aamd eight pa e m m a

asset value of the m e m h as shown ih Tabk;l had vatac at me per c d level of sqpiflmoe. , hmsd b USD 582.03 &om U5D ,243.33, i.e.,

mure than the double, after the fondhn .of CFRs as mqmd to before the ostablihent ofCFRs. production of 62 Kg. which bd hcmd

4349Kg. *the ~ ~ 0 f C F R s . T h i ~

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,*- that.-- & a t inom ~,&aBrlrpheIhtnisnofmbersfmm& w ampmd t~ thefwgationofCFb. ~htir tbe null h W & e & ' ' ~ h m ~ ~ t c ~ m ~ ~ ~ o n a f w m - a ~ K D & ~ ;of-~~~;s"'is

I hbyrejectd.

5 *_m F ~ S illincome POdtiQU 6 f h ~ *the f o ~ m of cm, i t i s ~ t b t t h s ~ v d u e o f g t i h 4.95, wbich kmm than tbt table V&E at mpercenthl d ~ ~ @ l i d f 5 & Q (Table 8). As mentime#, b&ze the fitmation of the d m h d th mud average income of: U8R 442.10 which had immsd to USD 924.59 after the

i; '" ~ o t l - a f ~ . ~ ~ ~ ~ - ~ t t h m was signSc3m Lrmw in the incume position of the m m b m ~ &&f t& f6mhiion of CFRs as 'compared to bfom thc formation of CF%+ Heace the null

I hypabsis " p m is ap gi&cmt change in tbe income position o f ~ m e m b r ~ d k &a frmatim O f c m s M is &@by rejected.

. . : 5% m c a a t changs ie thc @bri"B~ - '_ . -

~ e m - b e f f a * ~ - o n o f q F y ~ , ' cmQmedtothesamebeftmthefaihbti~1~ -

,.af CFRS wak - Tbis ml@'Q;, . , C .. - . mdtdhmthe't'uduc,i.c~,#49withdf - - -

,580 +t fie per m t l e d of si +. - z*:. +:: , A

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shown in Table 8. h ercplahql Whe, 'tiid ' - -- -

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v. With regard to *a change in the asset :

position of t h ~ m b m b -em before and ' '

after the fmmfh of C F b , the 't' value, , . .

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The result of the p x w t shdy s h o w that the been s i @ f i d y providing ecmmk hem%@ *

~ o m m u n i . ~ ~ i s h ~ ~ s ~ ~ ~ v e r y ~ r i a n t t h a m 8 m b m , ~ d w i y t h e p o a m ~ p : f & e role in .imp* &e l iwbds of* mrstl poor society, meamre8 ta exfend a d stm@en the

-0% expeoditure,