Popular Post webfact Posted August 6, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 6, 2014 MARINE LIFEFive supermarkets remove parrotfish from shelves The NationBANGKOK: -- Environmentalists are overjoyed after their campaign proved successful and five major supermarkets agreed to remove parrotfish from their selves. The " Reef Guardian Thailand" group, whose campaign www.change.org/saveparrotfish received 23,000 signatures from supporters, are now planning to push for the sustainable management of fisheries to become part of national agenda, ecology academic Petch Manopawitr said. In his capacity as the group's adviser, Petch thanked people for their support, which prompted this fast change. He said that Tesco Lotus, Makro and Tops Supermarket responded to the campaign in July, while the Mall Group and Villa Supermarket also stopped selling parrotfish last week. "For people who have been working in marine conservation for a long time, this is the first time in years to create an immediate change without help from state-issued measures. This is regarded as society's expression of their will and the first sign of success to raise awareness of city people and malls about impacts of careless consumption. In ecology, all things are linked so the city people's consumption would severely affected the sea," he added. The group will continue raising awareness among fishermen, tourists and state agencies for conservation of parrot-fish, sharks and other species that are key to ecosystem balance, he said. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Five-supermarkets-remove-parrotfish-from-shelves-30240421.html [thenation]2014-08-07[/thenation] 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Greer Posted August 6, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 6, 2014 Well done! More needs to be done to promote awareness of such campaigns as well as the reason for their existence. To be honest, I had never heard that parrot fish were endangered, so I am glad that this was identified and that the companies have responded in this way. Congratulations to their management for making an environmentally responsible decision. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Cloggie Posted August 7, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 7, 2014 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travel Dude Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Happy to hear that these supermarkets are sensitive. How about BIG C ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maswov Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Boooo! Parrotfish is so good, makes great sweet and sour, keleguin, or just simply fried. I am curious to see what their data is as to how fishing parrotfish is harmful to the ecosystem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jpeg Posted August 7, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 7, 2014 Boooo! Parrotfish is so good, makes great sweet and sour, keleguin, or just simply fried. I am curious to see what their data is as to how fishing parrotfish is harmful to the ecosystem. Why don't you just bloody look it up. Hint: GOOGLE 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrjlh Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Boooo! Parrotfish is so good, makes great sweet and sour, keleguin, or just simply fried. I am curious to see what their data is as to how fishing parrotfish is harmful to the ecosystem. You might try educating yourself. Read here: http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2014/07/02/to-save-coral-reefs-start-with-parrotfish/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maswov Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Boooo! Parrotfish is so good, makes great sweet and sour, keleguin, or just simply fried. I am curious to see what their data is as to how fishing parrotfish is harmful to the ecosystem. Why don't you just bloody look it up. Hint: GOOGLE I did and all I could find was an environmental group that says it is bad and they started a petition. No reference to the data was given. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benmart Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Boooo! Parrotfish is so good, makes great sweet and sour, keleguin, or just simply fried. I am curious to see what their data is as to how fishing parrotfish is harmful to the ecosystem. You might try educating yourself. Read here:http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2014/07/02/to-save-coral-reefs-start-with-parrotfish/ Not a nice way to answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojorison Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Parrot fish give good head. Hence their popularity with the Asians... other than that they are just an average table fish. That one in the picture is not the common variety. The Thai species has a much more defined bump, and not such a luxurious tail... (the one pictured looks more like an aquarium variety.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecee10 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Polygon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackJack Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Cherrys in Patts still serves it in a delicious breadcrumb and capers mmmmmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winstonc Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Well done! More needs to be done to promote awareness of such campaigns as well as the reason for their existence. To be honest, I had never heard that parrot fish were endangered, so I am glad that this was identified and that the companies have responded in this way. Congratulations to their management for making an environmentally responsible decision. these companies only agreed...because who wants bad press....please dont think..they are whiter than white..no offence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGareth2 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 cute fish saw it in Makro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOMeTOM Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 I was just wondering if there is currently any petition or environmentalist group against the french's baguette and the red beans too.They stopped having them on the shelf years ago in my area.Does the parrot's fish repeat the words you say to him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Watcher Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Thailand Education needed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilSA1 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Boooo! Parrotfish is so good, makes great sweet and sour, keleguin, or just simply fried. I am curious to see what their data is as to how fishing parrotfish is harmful to the ecosystem. Parrotfish "scrape algae and other plant matter from the surface of the coral. This maintains the health of the reef by keeping algae in check, which could otherwise overwhelm the delicate reef ecosystem". BTW - " An unusual feature of parrotfishes is that they are able to change sex, with females becoming fully functional males .... If the male should die, the most dominant female will become the dominant male, her ovaries becoming functional male testes". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belg Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 yeah, more vietnamese fish to be imported we all know how clean the mekong is and what the USA spread during the vietnam war, is in the grounds, water for decades ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOMeTOM Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 with females becoming fully functional males .... If the male should die, the most dominant female will become the dominant male, ".Boooo, western's women have been able to do that for ages now, without even the need for the males to die... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maswov Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Boooo! Parrotfish is so good, makes great sweet and sour, keleguin, or just simply fried. I am curious to see what their data is as to how fishing parrotfish is harmful to the ecosystem. You might try educating yourself. Read here:http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2014/07/02/to-save-coral-reefs-start-with-parrotfish/ Not a nice way to answer. Not nice to imply someone is uneducated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maswov Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Boooo! Parrotfish is so good, makes great sweet and sour, keleguin, or just simply fried. I am curious to see what their data is as to how fishing parrotfish is harmful to the ecosystem. Parrotfish "scrape algae and other plant matter from the surface of the coral. This maintains the health of the reef by keeping algae in check, which could otherwise overwhelm the delicate reef ecosystem". BTW - " An unusual feature of parrotfishes is that they are able to change sex, with females becoming fully functional males .... If the male should die, the most dominant female will become the dominant male, her ovaries becoming functional male testes". Everything has its place in the ecosystem. There is no problem with hunting parrotfish especially here in Thailand, I haven't seen a great demand for the fish. Parrotfish is probably the most eaten fish in Guam yet the reefs there are healthy with the exception of the inexperienced divers taking their toll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolf5370 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Boooo! Parrotfish is so good, makes great sweet and sour, keleguin, or just simply fried. I am curious to see what their data is as to how fishing parrotfish is harmful to the ecosystem. You might try educating yourself. Read here:http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2014/07/02/to-save-coral-reefs-start-with-parrotfish/ Not a nice way to answer. Not nice to imply someone is uneducated He meant "educate yourself on the subject", not educate yourself generally - obvious from the context. You admitted your ignorance of the subject in your post, he supplied you with a link, as you were "curious". Looks like he was being helpful, and you were being touchy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 A flame post has been removed: 7) You will respect fellow members and post in a civil manner. No personal attacks, hateful or insulting towards other members, (flaming) Stalking of members on either the forum or via PM will not be allowed.8) You will not post disruptive or inflammatory messages, vulgarities, obscenities or profanities.9) You will not post inflammatory messages on the forum, or attempt to disrupt discussions to upset its participants, or trolling. Trolling can be defined as the act of purposefully antagonizing other people on the internet by posting controversial, inflammatory, irrelevant or off-topic messages with the primary intent of provoking other users into an emotional response or to generally disrupt normal on-topic discussion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicog Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Everything has its place in the ecosystem. There is no problem with hunting parrotfish especially here in Thailand, I haven't seen a great demand for the fish. Parrotfish is probably the most eaten fish in Guam yet the reefs there are healthy with the exception of the inexperienced divers taking their toll. Guam, yes. Completely relevant to Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogleg Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Everything has its place in the ecosystem. There is no problem with hunting parrotfish especially here in Thailand, I haven't seen a great demand for the fish. Parrotfish is probably the most eaten fish in Guam yet the reefs there are healthy with the exception of the inexperienced divers taking their toll. Guam, yes. Completely relevant to Thailand. Don't know about Guam, but It is a rarity now to see parrot fish here in the northern Gulf. Compared to 10 years ago. They are fished almost to extinction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilSA1 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 BTW - " An unusual feature of parrotfishes is that they are able to change sex, with females becoming fully functional males .... If the male should die, the most dominant female will become the dominant male, her ovaries becoming functional male testes". Just wondering - is that where the expression "go ph..k yourself" originated from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oziex1 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Apologies, last fish I bought from Rawai fish market was a Parrot fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrjlh Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 In reply to the previous posts.... That is "exactly" what I meant...the "subject" not the "person". Again, think skin prevails or English not being the native language. The Internet is a powerful learning tool but only if ones takes the time to explore it. Unfortunately, there are still too many "myths" and bad information out there. So one needs to be able to sort the difference. What was learned about the "Parrot Fish" only surfaced a few years ago by a class science project by a 9 year girl but now i can't find that article. Such is the Internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The stuttering parrot Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 (edited) Sorry double post Edited August 8, 2014 by The stuttering parrot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The stuttering parrot Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 The stuttering parrot is hhhhhhhhaaaapy fffffor the parrot fishies! And now for the banning of shark fins! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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