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Ministry to amend tough fisheries law
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 25/09/2023
» The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives plans to have the fisheries law amended to help solve economic problems faced by fishermen who say their livelihoods are hurt by tough regulations.
Fishermen in Pattani seek help from EU
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 08/10/2020
» A group of commercial trawler operators from Pattani has asked for European Union (EU) assistance in relieving impacts caused by the government's policies to control Illegal Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IUU).
Effort on IUU sees ships get sea room
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 21/05/2020
» The Department of Fisheries has a plan to allow the first batch of at least 20 trawlers to catch fish outside the country's sovereign territorial waters by next year after a "yellow card" from the European Union (EU) over Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IUU) was lifted last year.
Plea for calm as fishermen whip up storm
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 12/12/2019
» The Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry on Wednesday asked thousands of fishing trawler operators and crew in 22 coastal provinces not to launch a mass protest in Bangkok next week.
Small fishing operators caught in EU dragnet
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 24/08/2019
» With 116 kilometres of coastline, Pattani is home to one of the largest fisheries in the far South. The abundant seafood hauled from the 5,000-rai Pattani Bay has long been a crucial source of income for local communities.
Migrant workers' children 'lack education, welfare'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 30/06/2019
» While 42 seafood processing companies have joined a campaign to ensure fair wages, a lack of rights to access basic education for 200,000 children living with migrant workers, including the fishery sector, is still a big problem, according to Plan International Thailand.
Agriculture Ministry to tackle trawler complaints
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 20/06/2019
» The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives on Wednesday pledged to spend one month dealing with complaints from trawler operators affected by strict government regulations, but insisted any solution must be in line with international standards.
IUU fishing is a crime issue, says Prawit
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/06/2019
» Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwon on Wednesday called on the United Nations to make Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing an environmental crime.
New rules stink, say fishermen
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 21/01/2019
» SAMUT SONGKHRAM: Samut Songkhram is the smallest province in the country, but has been known as a hub for Thailand's fishing industry for decades.
Politics taint fisheries win
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 14/01/2019
» BRUSSELS: The European Commission's decision to free Thailand from countries it has formally warned over illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing has underlined the military-led government's achievement in tackling the EU's concern on illegal fishing.