The habitat of the black fish is threatened by the environment.
PUBLISHED: 21 Jul 2024 at 06: 25
The Fisheries Department has a seven-day date to identify the source of the blackchin fish population explosion.
Prayoon Inskul, lasting director for the government, on Saturday said his group has drawn up a program to address the outbreak in 16 regions.
A committee will be asked to increase the price per kilogramme from eight ringgit per kilogramme as of September next year and take the population under control by the start of the year.
The committee may look into the effects of the fish species ‘ introduction on native communities as well as the cause of its pandemic, according to Mr. Prayoon.
The council is required to have the agency’s report set within seven days. He stated that the government will receive the findings in order to come up with a solution.
Additionally, the meeting discussed ways to help hunt down this invasive species’ young, such as white water guitar, before releasing aggressive fish.
Places where the fish have not yet been discovered will have more stringent security actions, he added.
According to a cause, Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Thamanat Prompow may travel to Samut Sakhon tomorrow to meet with members from 16 of the Gulf of Thailand’s provinces.
Leaders from organizations like the Thai Rubber Authority, the Department of Land Development, and the Department of Agriculture are among those who were invited.
On Friday, the district’s director-general, Bancha Sukkaew, announced a ban on planting blackchin fishes and the government also issued a rules banning the action.
In accordance with Section 144 of the Fisheries Act of 2015, offenders could face imprisonment for up to a month, a fine of up to one million rmb, or both.
The ban is based on the fact that this invasive species can react to the Thai environment and that the fish can grow and reproduce quickly, which harm the ecosystem and pose issues for aquaculturists and fishermen, who claim fish from different species are in danger.
The blackchin tilapia ( Sarotherodon melanotheron ) is native to West Africa. It is inhabit coastal areas, clean water, and brackish waters. It can reach a length of approximately 25 cm and may live for up to nine years. The fish may reproduce every 22 times and is born at one year old.
A female bass may drop up to 900 hens at a time. Its mating season is throughout the month, according to the Fisheries Department.
The Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry has included the fish in its regional planting plan because it is regarded as an invasive alien species.