Following sightings in three districts, BMA is attempting to remove blackchin tilapia.
PUBLISHED: 13 Jul 2024 at 20: 50
The Department of Fisheries and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration are collaborating to reduce the number of blackchin fish that is multiplying in three Bangkok regions. Producers are having to deal with the aggressive types because it preys on smaller bass.
Bang Khunthian, Thung Kru, and Bang Bon, according to Bangkok government Chadchart Sittipunt, who reported that the fish had been spread out for some time from near Samut Songkhram provinces to different places.
About 900 fishing landowners run fish and fish ranches in the regions.
” The blackchin tilapia’s people is increasing rapidly, and they eat smaller tuna and salmon and can withstand harsh conditions, which makes them a hazard to tuna farmers”, Mr Chadchart said after a recent attend to Bang Khunthian.
Other than the fishing industry, the species would also have an impact, according to Mr. Chadchart, who was accompanied by local MP Nattacha Boonchaiinsawat and authorities from the Bang Khunthian city workplace and the Department of Fisheries.
According to Sarayut Metinapitak, a ministry official who participated in the evaluation visit, the Department of Fisheries has taken appropriate action to address the condition.
Among other measures are reducing the blackchin fish population in watery environments where it is known that they are growing, allowing the release of predatory species like barramundi into the wild, and using blackchin tilapia that have been removed from the ecosystem.
The BMA is collaborating with the division to address the issue and find solutions to help farmers as their businesses experience threefold declines in earnings, according to Mr. Sarayut.
According to Isra News Agency, CP Foods, a subsidiary of the Charoen Pokphand farming company, imported two thousand blackchin fish from Ghana in 2010. The business was granted permission to study the bass for breeding at its Samut Songkhram state research facility.
The seafood had later been notified by the business to the fish section that the fish had passed away within three days of being transported to Thailand and had been buried. However, as their population grew, native fish started declining as they eventually started appearing in nearby waterways.
According to DNA assessments conducted by the Department of Fisheries, the blackchin fish found in the waters of 13 Thai provinces were actually from the same family share.
A unique commission, led by Agriculture Minister Thamanat Prompow and composed of experts and representatives of the people living in the affected areas, was established last week.