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Dept pushes plan for dedicated cruise terminals in key destinations
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/07/2023
» The Marine Department is pushing for the development of a dedicated cruise terminal in Phuket, Koh Samui and Pattaya in an effort to tap into the rapidly growing sector, a source in the department said.
Dept to push for Pattaya cruise port
News, Post Reporters, Published on 30/06/2023
» The Marine Department will ask the new cabinet to approve its plan to build a port near Bali Hai Pier in Pattaya, which will be able to accommodate two large-sized cruise liners.
Dept official 'smuggled' 8 Chinese
News, Post Reporters, Published on 13/05/2023
» CHIANG RAI: Police arrested a Marine Department official who allegedly smuggled eight Chinese nationals into the country.
Dept revives ship terminal plan
News, Post Reporters, Published on 17/04/2023
» The Marine Department will reprise the Cruise Terminal Development Project to support marine tourism.
Too late for turtles
Oped, Postbag, Published on 04/02/2023
» Re: “Recycle to save sea life, dept urges”, (BP, Feb 2). The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) is asking us to recycle our plastic waste to help save sea life, but unfortunately too late for the 11 young turtles that died from ingested plastic mistaken for food in the 700-metre floating garbage patch off the Chon Buri coast.
Recycle to save sealife, dept urges
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 02/02/2023
» The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) is urging the public to avoid dumping plastic waste into the sea after 11 sea turtle hatchlings died from eating rubbish in Chon Buri last year.
Marine Dept seeks B4.7bn budget, studies hub plans
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 09/08/2022
» The Marine Department is seeking a budget of 4.7 billion baht in the next fiscal year, a portion of which will be used to fund a study on the development of a maritime hub, according to its deputy director-general.
Dept allows extra fishing days for commercial trawlers
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 31/12/2018
» The Department of Fisheries has approved additional days for commercial fishing as fewer trawlers are going out to sea due to labour shortages that have plagued the sector.
'Beach' balm: Maya Bay's ecosystem recovering, says dept
News, Post Reporters, Published on 09/10/2018
» The ecology of the famed Maya Bay on Phi Phi Island in Krabi is making a gradual recovery with the number of corals and sightings of reef sharks off the coast on the upswing, according to Chongkhlai Wongphongsathon, deputy director-general of the Department of National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP).