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Crew rescue casts long shadow
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 12/08/2019
» Last week's rescue of 18 Thai fishermen from a stricken vessel drifting without fuel in the sea off Somalia has raised concerns over a hidden form of human trafficking.
Centre gives nod to trawler non-fishing day changes
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 11/09/2015
» The Command Centre for Combating Illegal Fishing (CCCIF) has approved changes to mandatory non-fishing days each month for fishing trawlers.
Fishermen call for changes to enforced breaks in port
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 10/09/2015
» Fishermen have called on authorities to adjust the days they are allowed to catch fish each month to comply with practices based on lunar phases.
Fishing trawler inspections kick off
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 02/03/2015
» Authorities began inspections of fishing boats yesterday after the vessels were ordered to register by the end of last year.
Agriculture Ministry floats plan to regulate fisheries
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 12/01/2015
» The Agriculture Ministry has proposed four measures to prevent illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, says Agriculture Minister Pitipong Phuengboon Na Ayudhaya.
Panel probes sea gypsy land rows
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 25/07/2014
» A committee has been set up to look into a land conflict between businessmen and sea gypsy communities along the Andaman Coast.
Fishermen, villagers will ‘resist threats’
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 24/07/2014
» A group of fishermen and Karen villagers plans to petition the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) to address concerns over what they see as "intimidation by influential people".
Experts slam flaw in trafficking law
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 19/03/2013
» Anti-human trafficking legislation has failed to protect migrants who pay trafficking gangs to smuggle them into Thailand illegally, human rights activists say.