In Phnom Penh
Like almost every morning for ten years, Vang Vi woke up at dawn and traveled on his old moped the few kilometers that separate him from his favorite fishing spot.
It is there, in the middle of the immense lake of Choeung Ek, 5 kilometers south of the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, that the 55-year-old man used to cast his net in the hope of catch generous trout offered by the dark waters of the lake.
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But on this morning in mid-October, as the monsoon comes to an end, the meshes remain hopelessly empty.
“Before, I caught between 30 and 40 kilos of fish per day of fishing.
I kept part of it for my family and sold the other part at the market,
explains the fisherman with the sun-tanned skin, a krama, the traditional Cambodian checkered fabric, around the waist, as a swimsuit bath.
For three or four years, I have caught about half as many fish as before.
And some days like today, nothing
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