Community action to protect Cambodia’s seas: Interview with commune leader Sorn Srenh

In Cambodia's Koh Sdach archipelago, commune deputy chief Sorn Srenh has spent years building community-led efforts to manage local fisheries alongside the government's Fisheries Administration and the NGO Fauna & Flora.

Srenh describes patrols by a Community Fishery group, a partnership with a private waste company to remove plastic, and a women's group turning discarded fishing nets into saleable goods. He acknowledges enforcement is not fully effective and that broader community buy-in, especially among fishers, remains incomplete.

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