Kampong Chhnang: The situation of dead fish in fish farms in Kampong Chhnang city as of March 5, 2023 has eased a bit and then there are many dead fish up to nearly 400 tons in some days in recent days due to hot weather and Rain. According to a report from a fish farmer in the river in Chong Koh village, Sangkat Khsam, Kampong Chhnang province, the fish started to die from April 1 to 4, 2023. The dead farmed species include squid, catfish, catfish, catfish and catfish.

The director of the Fisheries Administration of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Kampong Chhnang province, Mr. Ly La, said that the farmed fish have been dead for the past three days due to the hot weather in recent days and heavy rain. Caused the river to stink, causing the fish to die. He said that each fish died a lot, about 10% to 20% per fish, between 1 ton to 6 tons per fish. The latest report from the director of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Kampong Chhnang province added that the situation of fish farming in Chong Koh village from April 1-5, 2023 was 160 bait and the total fish was 362 tons. These include: 90 scorpion fish, 270 tons of dead fish, 25 catfish, 25 tons of dead fish, 45 kinds of catfish, 45 kinds of dead fish, equal to 67 tons of dead fish.

The director of Kampong Chhnang Fisheries Administration said that to date, the situation has improved and because the owners of the fish farms have been towing the fish back and forth, some of them have started the engine, put the air hose in the turn to oxygenate the water. Re-for fish.

However, the fish farmers have requested the provincial governor and the aquaculture section of the Kampong Chhnang Provincial Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to ask professional officials to find ways to solve this problem to make it easier for them. And they asked the provincial administration to allow the movement to the point of Kampong Os village, because the water is deep, which can reduce the rate of fish death.