Baby eels swim in a tank at Tonle Sap complex, north of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Eel farmer Em Phat, 53, works in his eel rearing place at Tonle Sap complex, north of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Em Phat, 53, stands in his eel farm at Tonle Sap complex, north of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
An aerial view of Em Phat's eel farm on the edges of Tonle Sap lake, north of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Anton L. Delgado)
Eel farm owner Em Phat, 53, works in Tonle Sap complex, north of Phnom Penh Cambodia, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Em Phat, 53, eel farm owner, holds an eel in an eel rearing pool at Tonle Sap complex, north of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
An eel crawls in a pool as its farm owner replaces water in the eel rearing pool at Tonle Sap complex, north of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
A fisherman sits on a boat in the Tonle Sap lake, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Aniruddha Ghosal)
Eel farmer Luy Nga, 52, sits next to jars where eels are reared at Tonle Sap complex. north of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
A bucket of eels for sale in Siem Reap province, Cambodia, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Anton L. Delgado)
Trees stand on the edge of Tonle Sap lake, forming part of the surrounding forests, much of which has been logged or burned for farmland, in Cambodia, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Aniruddha Ghosal)
Eel eggs float in a tank raised by eel farmer in Kampong Chhnang province, Cambodia, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Aniruddha Ghosal)