The Department of Fisheries will close the southwestern part of the Gulf of Thailand for three months from large-scale commercial fishing this month, after finding a similar closure last year led to a 63% increase in mackerel in the area.
Chalermchai Suwanrak, chief of the department, revealed that the closure will ban large-scale fishing in the central section of the Gulf of Thailand in Prachuap Khiri Khan, Chumphon and Surat Thani provinces.
The policy is part of the department’s marine resources management to allow time for mackerel to breed and nurture their young. The announcement was endorsed by the department on Jan 31.
The area will also be closed for a second stint later this year.
The first period will run from Feb 15 to May 15, when a ban will be imposed on fishing…
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