PUBLISHED: 24 Jul 2024 at 04: 00
According to a leaked Fisheries Department report, 11 businesses exported 230, 000 blackchin fish fish to 17 countries from 2013 to 2016 before a restrictions was implemented, raising questions about what may have happened to any residual property.
The blackchin fish were common exports because they were both elegant and nutritious, according to a resource in the wild fish industry who obtained the document.
The largest producer of the East African carp was 162, 000 blackchin tilapia that had been exported during the time, according to the document, which were 11 Thai-registered businesses.
Another manufacturers sold between 2, 900 to 30, 000 carp each during the time.
Before being prohibited from exports of the fish in 2018, the source claimed the statistics shows that blackchin fishes in Thailand came from various sources.
Given that the fish found its way to healthy waters in large quantities, which poses a threat to local fish and the environment, the supply said, this has raised questions about whether the companies had already exported all of their blackchin fish prior to the ban and what might have happened to any remaining property.
The blackchin fish, which the Agriculture Ministry describes as a menace to regional wildlife, has been cited as a national objective in calling for halting the spread of the invasive species.
In addition, a fisheries official, Sutham Limpanich, said yesterday that burying the fish is the best way to get rid of them as opposed to removing their heads and returning them to the water, as some people might have eggs in their mouths.