fishing port, providing the best shrimp brood stock and having a
large number of vessels. There are 294 vessels in Rach Goc, and
many households own 2–3 vessels and several gear types. In this
study, only fishing HHs were selected for interviews. The average
wealth is higher than Ho Gui and many households can afford a
vessel with which to fish offshore. The general information on the
two communities is summarized in Table 1