Agriculture and fishing
Fishing, fisheries and aquaculture
Fishers turn to technology to make ends meet
Unlike the thousands made jobless and hungry by the Covid-19 crisis, many families who rely on traditional fishing methods for a living in coastal provinces still manage to put some food on their tables.However, the pandemic has hit their pockets hard. They can no longer ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Effort on IUU sees ships get sea room
The Department of Fisheries has a plan to allow the first batch of at least 20 trawlers to catch fish outside the country’s sovereign territorial waters by next year after a “yellow card” from the European Union (EU) over Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IUU) ...
Apinya Wipatayotin
Fishing Boats Seek 50,000 Workers as Virus Spurs Migrants to Leave
Despite adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Thailand’s fishing industry is currently looking to hire as many as 50,000 men to go out to sea aboard trawlers, said a senior government official on Saturday.Phithoon Damsakhon, chief of the Department of Employment’s provincial branch of Ranong ...
Fishermen struggling as restaurants shuttered worldwide
Just one kilogramme of freshly caught squid a day was almost enough to live on for Thai fishermen like Wisut Boonnak.Now the catch has halved in price and he’s spending more time on village duties.“It’s the biggest price drop that I can remember,” said Mr ...
Thai Fisheries Imposes Fishing Ban on the Gulf of Thailand
Thailand’s Fisheries Department has imposed a fishing ban in the annual closure of the Gulf of Thailand. Above all to allow marine animals to recover their numbers.Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Chalermchai Sri-on said during the three-month fishing is banned in parts of the Gulf. Covering ...
Thailand praised for progress in fishery reform
Fifteen supermarkets and buyers in the US, UK and EU have sent a letter to Chalermchai Sreeon, Minister of Agricultural and Cooperatives, as well as the Royal Thai embassies abroad, praising Thailand for its progress in reforming the fishery industry and rectifying key pieces of ...
The Nation Reporter
Cabinet to consider implementing Article 83 to solve fisheries labour shortage
Let’s take a look at the attempt to solve the labor shortage in fisheries; it’s one of the requests from fishermen in 22 provinces which the government has promised to address. The government is considering the implementation of Article 83 of the Royal Ordinance on ...
Tanakorn Sangiam
Thailand faces massive test in its efforts to crack down illegal fishing
The Thai government’s determination to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing has brought about fruitful outcomes – but its tough reforms have ignited protests from affected fishermen.The European Union in January 2019 removed its yellow card from Thailand, which it received for a lack ...
Toan Dao
Fishermen protest over new rules
Thousands of fishing trawler operators and fishing boat crew on Friday gathered in separate rallies in 22 coastal provinces in protest against the government’s stringent regulations aimed at countering illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.Keep reading ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Thai fishing industry makes headway, but challenges remain
In October, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) announced the suspension of preferential trade policies for Thailand under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), which will affect over 500 products, including all of those related to the Thai seafood industry.The reason cited for ...
Deutsche Welle