Alien fish species barrels into Thailand”s Samut Prakan province

Blackchin fish are the only species that anglers can catch fully.

SAMUT PRAKAN: Fishermen in the county that borders Bangkok’s eastern end claim that all of their catches then only contain blackchin fish, despite the claim that Thai fishermen can produce 1 million babies per time.

Fishermen in Bang Bo district’s tambon Khlong Dan claimed that the mysterious fish species was the only species of fish that could be caught in nearby waterways, and that other species that were once common, like tilapia, had almost completely vanished.

Sitthikorn Ekwong, age 21, caught blackchin fishes on Saturday afternoon when he cast his nets in the Khlong Dan canal for the cameras of the day.

When the ladies were examining their capture, it became clear that the males were putting germinated egg in their mouths. ( continued below )

Blackchin fish

Pisamon Srisin, a 75-year-old native resident, reported last month that she started to notice blackchin fish in tambon Khlong Dan. She is currently the only fisherman in the world. She claimed that blackchin fishes were nutritious but had a harder flesh than native fish.

Because blackchin tilapia breed quite quickly and consume all other smaller water animals and plants, Thanapote Songkran, Moo 6 village headman in tambon Khlong Da, expressed his serious concern for the growing population of the species. He exhorted interested organizations to protect the types.

Thanaporn Jiansuk, chairman of the Khlong Dan Fishery Association, said blackchin fish bred pretty quickly as it took just 22 days from the egg-laying level to spawning. As many as 99 % of their eggs hatched, she said.

The fish was continue reproducing right away after laying their eggs without any tear, she said.

A blackchin tilapia’s stomach is four times the length of its body, according to Ms. Thanaporn. They consume every minute, and according to statistics, the fish may produce one million babies per day throughout the nation.

Without a fast answer, blackchin tilapia may increase their populace at an excessive rate and eliminate ecosystems, she said.

According to Isra News Agency, two thousand blackchin fish were first imported from Ghana in 2010 by CP Foods, a division of the Charoen Pokphand agriculture company. At its analysis facility in Samut Songkhram state, the company was authorized to examine the fish for breeding purposes.

The seafood had later been buried and that the fish had died within three days of being brought to Thailand. However, as their population grew, local fish started declining in number as they eventually started appearing in local waterways.