PUBLISHED : 3 Feb 2024 at 05:47
The Division of Fisheries has launched a marketing campaign to eradicate Blackchin tilapia from Thai waterways and fishing spots.
Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives Captain Thamanat Prompow revealed on Friday that rising numbers of Blackchin tilapia are threatening native marine life and fish farms in a number of provinces.
The minister ordered the division to take measures to eliminate them.
Division of Fisheries Deputy Director-Normal Mr Bancha Sukkaew stated the menace from Blackchin tilapia was attributed to the truth that they’re extremely adaptive and may reside in water with totally different temperatures.
In line with Mr Bancha, the fish breed in Samut Songkhram, Samut Prakan, Phetchaburi, Bangkok, Chanthaburi, Rayong, Ratchaburi, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Chumphon, Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Songkhla and Samut Sakhon.
In addition to encouraging fishermen to catch them, the division has additionally launched 60,000 child sea bass into the ocean close to Bangkok, Samut Songkhram, Samut Sakhon, Samut Prakan and Phetchaburi to assist management the Blackchin tilapia inhabitants.
A Blackchin tilapia import ban was launched in 2019.
Nonetheless, a Nationwide Human Rights Fee of Thailand subcommittee discovered that the Division of Fisheries’ Establishment Biosafety Committee had allowed a large conglomerate within the meals trade to import Blackchin tilapia from Ghana in 2006.
