News Forum - Phuket’s tuna industry falling behind, Phuket VP calls to train fishermen

[Thaiger]

In a meeting yesterday, Phuket’s Vice Governor Pichet said the provincial government wants fishermen to develop stronger skills with tuna and tuna fishing practices. He said strict fishing laws have already lowered the number of tuna caught in the province. Another issue is that Thailand doesn’t have proper tuna fishing boats. VP Pichet said amendments to current laws on which vessels are used will be discussed. VP Pichet said that before strict laws were imposed, Phuket tuna made billions of baht each year. The VP’s plan to get the tuna industry back up to speed is just one of several […]

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[Dedinbed]

Fins ain't what they used to be then .. 

[HiuMak]

On 3/4/2022 at 4:36 PM, Thaiger said:

In a meeting yesterday, Phuket’s Vice Governor Pichet said the provincial government wants fishermen to develop stronger skills with tuna and tuna fishing practices. 

What is tuna spell backwards? Anut..

Says so much about the capability.

[Artemis080]

I'm seriously surprised it's not overfished in Phuket. I look out on an evening and there are a huge amount of boats.