Cambodia; Freshwater Lobster Farming?

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Cambodia; Freshwater Lobster Farming?

 
In 2005, the Japanese government funded a five-year, $5 million project to teach lobster-rearing skills to farmers in a number of Cambodian provinces.
 
On July 30, 2009, Haing Leap, the deputy director of the Department of Fisheries at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, said the Takeo Provincial Fisheries Department had hatched 300,000 freshwater lobsters [species not given], raised them for 45 days and then sold them to small-scale farmers for $0.06 each.  “We want to encourage farmers to raise baby lobsters because we expect they will be able to supply them to local markets,” Haing Leap said.
 
Prum Vath, a lobster farmer in Takeo Province’s Angkor Borei District, plans to produce 200,000 lobsters for the local market by the end of 2009.  He said it takes a minimum of six months to raise them.  He thinks he can sell them for $15-$20 a kilogram.
 
Source: The Phnom Penh Post.  Cambodia Plans to Boost Lobster Farming.  July 31, 2009.