A fisherman sits on a boat in the Tonle Sap lake, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Aniruddha Ghosal)

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)

Boats of fisherfolk are anchored by a floating village, by the Tonle Sap in Kampong Chhnang province, Cambodia, Thursday, Aug. 1, 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)

Locals fix their fishing nets at a floating village by the Tonle Sap in Kampong Chhnang province, Cambodia, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

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)

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)

Eel eggs float in a tank raised by eel farmer in Kampong Chhnang province, Cambodia, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Aniruddha Ghosal)

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)

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 fisher family in their home at a floating village, by the Tonle Sap in Kampong Chhnang province, Cambodia, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Eel farm owner Em Phat, 53, works in Tonle Sap complex, north of Phnom Penh Cambodia, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

A local vendor sits at her grocery store at a floating village by the Tonle Sap in Kampong Chhnang province, Cambodia, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Children walk past a floating village, by the Tonle Sap in Kampong Chhnang province, Cambodia, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

A fisherman fishes in the Tonle Sap in Kampong Chhnang province, Cambodia, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

A girl rides a bicycle at a floating village, by the Tonle Sap in Kampong Chhnang province, Cambodia, Thursday, Aug. 1, 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)

Baby eels swim in a tank at Tonle Sap complex, north of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)