“They say the community has jobs, but we’ll see when they fill it up. “Nothing is helping the community, nothing,” he says. He claims those who make a living out of fishing largely moved to Preah Sihanouk province to catch fish, as they are frequently not allowed to get around the local sandfilling site that’s expanded in the past three years, blocking access or destroying the mangrove forests and seagrass beds where fish and shellfish spawn. Noch, 55, retired from fishing about 15 years before, saying he’s aged out of the trade’s demands, but he still goes out occasionally to collect some fish for family dinners.
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