Whilst previous studies have applied economic value to the ecosystem services mangroves provide to fisheries, most quantitative studies in the peer reviewed literature have limited their measurements to the value provided through a single fishing sector, gear or particular target species group. It can be argued that present research into mangrove-fisheries has not yet represented the full complexity that mangrove-fisheries can encompass in terms of the wide range of people and activities that benefit from the mangrove ecosystem. The reported values of mangroves to fishing livelihoods are therefore likely to fall short of a full valuation. The study provides an all-encompassing value of mangrove benefits to fishing, purposefully investigating the value gained from mangroves through all fishing sectors, fishing activities and target species existing in the Peam Krasaop Fishing Community (PKFC), Koh Kong Province, southwest Cambodia. The ecosystem service value of mangroves for fishing to households in the PKFC was calculated using daily landings volumes collected through semi-structured interviews with fishers, scaled to approximated annual catches. Catch figures were converted to economic value, based on the local market prices given by respondents. Results suggested that the PKFC derives approximately 90% of fishing catch, and 85% of gross income, from mangrove-associated species. Fishing activities are diverse within households; they conduct between 1 and 8 different seasonal fishing activities, spread across mangrove gathering, fishing by boat and mariculture. This study provides a higher estimated proportion of mangrove-associated catches than many studies of fishing communities elsewhere. It may be the case that the PKFC does not have higher levels of mangrove dependency than other mangrove-fisheries. Rather, this study may provide a better quantification of mangrove value than has previously been achieved. Further studies along the same lines, taking a similarly holistic approach to mangrove-fishery valuation, are necessary to test this proposition.

尽管先前的研究已经将经济价值应用到了红树林为渔业提供的生态系统服务中，但是在同行评审文献中，大多数定量研究都将其测量值限制在通过单个渔业部门，渔具或特定目标物种组提供的价值上。可以说，目前对红树林渔业的研究尚未体现出红树林渔业所能涵盖的，从红树林生态系统受益的广泛人群和活动的全部复杂性。因此，据报道红树林对捕鱼生计的价值可能未达到全部估值。这项研究提供了红树林带来的捕鱼的全部价值，目的是调查所有捕鱼部门从红树林中获得的价值，柬埔寨西南部空公省Peam Krasaop捕捞社区（PKFC）中存在的捕捞活动和目标物种。PKFC中用于向家庭捕鱼的红树林的生态系统服务价值是使用通过与渔民进行的半结构化访谈收集的每日着陆量计算得出的，并按近似的年度捕捞量计算。捕捞量根据受访者提供的当地市场价格转换为经济价值。结果表明，PKFC约有90％的渔获量和85％的总收入来自与红树林有关的物种。家庭内的钓鱼活动多种多样；他们进行1到8种不同的季节性捕捞活动，遍及红树林集会，乘船捕鱼和海水养殖。这项研究提供的红树林相关渔获物的估计比例要比许多其他地方的捕鱼社区研究高。PKFC可能没有比其他红树林渔业更高的红树林依赖性水平。相反，该研究可能提供比以前实现的更好的红树林价值量化。为了验证这一主张，有必要采用类似的整体研究方法，对红树林-渔业进行类似的整体评估。