Two veteran shrimp farmers in Samut Sakhon province have expressed doubts that the Fisheries Department’s plan to release Asian seabass into natural watercourse, to eliminate Blackchin tilapia fry, will work, because they have tried this method before without success.

 

Wallop Khunjeng, a shrimp farmer with 17 years of experience in Praek Nam Daeng sub-district of Amphawa district, told the media that he originally raised shrimp on his 40-hectare farm but, in 2011, when Blackchin tilapia were detected, he released about five thousand 4-5-inch seabass into a 3.2 hectare pond, in the hope that the fish would eat the non-indigenous species from Africa.

 

 

Weeks later, he said he found only about 1,000 seabass had survived, but he managed to catch about nine tonnes of Blackchin tilapia fish.

 

Photo: Thai PBS

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2024-07-23

 

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