Cambodian fishermen turn to eels as Tonle Sap lake runs out of fish

(13 Oct 2024)
CAMBODIA EELS

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Khon Rang Commune by Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia – 31 July 2024

1. Close of eels being dumped into a bucket by eel farmer Em Phat UPSOUND (Khmer): “Look at these big eels”
2. Mid of eels being moved as into a net by Em Phat UPSOUND (Khmer): “These are the younger eels I have to move”
3. Mid of eels in a net UPSOUND (Khmer): “They are getting bigger”
4. Wide of Em Phat cleaning the eel bucket
5. ⁠SOUNDBITE (Khmer) Em Phat, eel farmer:
“I used to be a fisherman. But being a fisherman is hard. The number of fish has been decreasing and I am also getting old. That is why I quit (fishing and started eel farming).”

6. Wide of Em Phat stepping into an eel pond
7. Close of a pair of eels surfacing to breathe
8. Mid of an eel swimming across an eel pond
9. Em Phat pouring eels out of sliced bike tyre tube
10. Various aerial view of Em Phat’s eel farm near Tonle Sap Lake ++MUTE++
11. Aerial view zooming in on Em Phat’s eel farm near Tonle Sap Lake ++MUTE++
12. Aerial view flying by Em Phat’s eel farm near Tonle Sap Lake ++MUTE++
13. SOUNDBITE (Khmer): Em Phat, 53, an eel farmer : “Now, there is an eel shortage in the market. People are even calling me to try and buy my eel babies but I can’t produce enough baby eels to meet the demand. The eels have value and can also be exported to China and other countries in the future.”

14. Close of Em Phat stirring eel food
15. Mid of Em Phat pouring eel food into container
16. Close of young eels (elvers) eating in the container
17. Wide of eel containers
18. Mid of Em Phat sprinkling eel food into containers
19. Close of young eels (elvers) eating
20. Close of translucent eel egg cluster
21. Mid of translucent eel egg cluster
22. Mid from above of eel eggs floating
23. Mid of translucent eel eggs
24. Wide of eel egg incubators
25. SOUNDBITE (Khmer): Luy Nga, 52, an eel farmer: (Em Phat’s wife)
“The Great Lake is very important, especially to the villagers who depend on the river. But the number of fish has decreased, causing problems for their living.”

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Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia – 31 July 2024

26. A fisherman casts his net into Tonle Sap Lake during a rainstorm
27. A fisherman prepares his net during a rainstorm on the edges of Tonle Sap Lake
28. Aerial view of fisherman pulling in his net on Tonle Sap Lake ++MUTE++

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Washington, D.C., U.S. – 08 October 2024
++VIDEO CALL ++

29.SOUNDBITE (English): Brian Eyler, director of the US-based Stimson Center’s Southeast Asia Program:
"The Tonle Sap Lake, again, is the beating heart of the Mekong and this beating heart has provided hundreds of thousands of tonnes of fish per year for people in Cambodia. All the way back to the Khmer Empire, all the way to the present day and it does it for free. As long as the river can do what it naturally does. Unfortunately, it faces a number of threats relating to upstream dams, climate change, poor land use around the lake and all of that is changing the mightiness of the Tonle Sap Lake in Cambodia."

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Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia – 31 July 2024

30. Aerial view of fisherman checking his net on Tonle Sap Lake ++MUTE++

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Washington, D.C., U.S. – 08 October 2024
++VIDEO CALL ++

31. SOUNDBITE (English): Brian Eyler, director of the US-based Stimson Center’s Southeast Asia Program:

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Kampong Phluk Floating Village on Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia – 2 August 2024

32. The bow of a boat in Kampong Phluk

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