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Laos
Index
For many Laotians, freshwater fish are the principal
source of
protein; per capita consumption averages 5.1 kilograms
annually.
Fishpond culture had begun in the mid-1960s, and
production--mainly
carp raised in small home lots--grew an average 30 percent
annually
thereafter, the highest rate in Asia between 1975 and
1985. The
Mekong districts in the south have especially high
potential for
greater increases in fish production. In the 1982-84
period, the
average annual catch was 20,000 tons, all of which was
consumed
domestically.
Data as of July 1994
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