Due to heavy exploitation, community fishery has declined in study area – Battambang Province, close to the Tonle Sap Great Lake. Resource-poor farmers practise smallscale fishery throughout the year. The aims of community fishery are: to alleviate poverty and to increase living standards; to
involve people and stakeholders; to reduce conflict between resource-poor farmers and fishing concession owners; and sustainable management of natural resources in the Tonle Sap Lake. The government has also focused on local communities and these local people play a significant role in the integration of resource management and development in the Tonle Sap region. The Cambodian Government has recently initiated community fisheries due to deep concern over fishery-resource degradation under State governance. There is dearth of information on community fishery; even the concepts of community fishery are novel for both local people and local organizations. To enhance involvement and participation, it is essential to understand the physical process of participation as well as social culture, organization, and the economics of local people. This is the purpose of the report.