The fisheries sector is a primary source for economic development in Cambodia, which is covered 8 to 10% of Cambodia GDP. The Cambodia is rich of rivers and wetlands that is the potential for fresh water fishery resources. Currently more than 3 million people depend on fishery resources and it is play significant role for the source of income generation and protein at household level. Due to increasing population, over-exploitation, out of date of fishery law, and mismanagement in this sector as well as increasing sharply hydroelectricity dam and water diversion in the Mekong river basin, which caused fishery resources declining gradually that is threaten local people livelihood in the remote areas.

Stung Treng is one the northeast provinces in Cambodia, which is richest of rivers, natural resources such as fishery and forestry resources, and mines. People in this province depend on fishery resources as main source of income generation and protein. Currently a fishery resource in this province is facing with over-exploitation both legal and illegal fishing, mismanagement of government institution and as well as increasing development projects in the countries in the upper stream of the Mekong. By seeing these problems, local communities has requested to CEPA for assist them to develop community fisheries in their villages aim at to ensure the sustainable use and management of fishery resources in the Stung Treng province.