100-kilo Siamese Giant Carp caught in Tonle Sap.

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Thu Sep 29, 2016 5:11 pm

Fisherman protects endangered species of carp. Well done.

100-kilo carp caught in Tonle Sap
Thu, 29 September 2016
Khouth Sophak Chakrya

A 100-kilogram Siamese giant carp that had been caught in a fisherman’s gill net was freed and released into the Tonle Sap lake by Fisheries Administration officials on Tuesday.

Yon Kunthea, a 36-year-old fisherman from Pursat province’s Krakor district, had sailed across the lake to set his fishing net in a more shallow area where smaller fish are typically found.

“I was collecting the fishing net to retrieve the small fish, but I saw a huge tear in the fishing net,” he said. “When I lifted it, I saw a huge Siamese giant carp trapped in it. At that time, I was overwhelmed because it was huge, and I have never experienced that before,” he said, adding that he promptly called the authorities to inspect and free the huge carp.
The Siamese giant carp is a rare and endangered freshwater species...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/1 ... -tonle-sap

ExPenhMan · Post by **ExPenhMan** » Thu Sep 29, 2016 8:22 pm

That thing would crush a sofa.

Anchor Moy · Post by **Anchor Moy** » Sat Oct 01, 2016 12:02 am

An amazing coincidence, or did they buy it from the Cambodian Fisheries Dept ?

Brit catches massive, record-shattering 100 kilo Siamese Carp in Ratchaburi
By Coconuts Bangkok September 30, 2016 / 16:22 ICT

An English fisherman caught what’s being called the biggest carp in the world, tipping the scales at a massive 100 kilograms (222 pounds). He caught the oversized swimmer at a pond in Ban Pong, Ratchaburi.

Fisherman Tim Webb, 57, was so proud to have caught the giant Siamese Carp after a 90-minute battle with it, that he bought the fish from the fishery where he was fishing.

His catch broke the previous world record for a Siamese Carp by a lot. The last “world’s largest carp” was a petite 32 kilograms (70 pounds) lighter...

Though he wouldn’t say how much he paid, it is thought to have cost him as much as THB200,000.

http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2016/09/30/b ... ratchaburi

Ok, which is biggest ? Be honest. It's the Cambodian one, right ?
100kg Thai carp.

100kg Cambodian carp.