Alien marine species driving indigenous species ‘towards extinction’

By The Nation

 

KHON KAEN: -- The fisheries chief of Khon Kaen province has urged people not to release alien marine species into public waterways. 

“Some alien species steal food and habitat from indigenous species and drive the latter towards extinction,” Nawarat Jitpiromsri, chief of the Khon Kaen Fisheries Office, said on Monday. 

 

He said the alien species arapaima, alligator gar and Clarias gariepinus have seriously endangered local ecological systems. 

“They attack local fish,” he said.

 

He added that some alien fish carried diseases. 

 

“Please beware of the dangers from such fish,” he said. 

 

“If you have some alien fish and no longer wish to raise them, bring them to a local fishery office. You won’t have to pay anything.”

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30323748

 

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Khon Kaen,that's  about as far as you can get from the sea in Thailand,

so why are they talking about the release of alien MARINE species,into

local waterways,another uninformed news report from the newspaper.

regards worgeordie

there would have to be fish in there first, the netters have taken all the fish with their 1/2" mesh nets, bugger all decent fish left in Thailand then with all the pollution in the water from all the waste and rubbish they throw into the water ways/ocean the marine species dont stand a chance.

The OP sounds like it's about the Chinese arriving in Siam.

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Some alien species

Kinda how i feel myself every time i have to go to the immigration

or visit a government office....

Blame it on fish feeding Olga!

1 hour ago, seajae said:

there would have to be fish in there first, the netters have taken all the fish with their 1/2" mesh nets, bugger all decent fish left in Thailand then with all the pollution in the water from all the waste and rubbish they throw into the water ways/ocean the marine species dont stand a chance.

Perhaps the native crabs should have stayed at home!

http://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2017/05/26/aggressive-asian-crabs-here-to-stay/

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Alien marine species driving indigenous species ‘towards extinction’

Replace Alien marine species with Junta and you may be onto something.

6 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Khon Kaen,that's  about as far as you can get from the sea in Thailand,

so why are they talking about the release of alien MARINE species,into

local waterways,another uninformed news report from the newspaper.

regards worgeordie

I think they are lost in translation :)

So greedy local breeders introduce non-native fish species into the country and then the authorities warn that they are bad for the local ecosystems and wreak havoc on native fish populations which he Thais themselves have already almost depleted through uncontrolled over-fishing? Go figure. It's always, always, always the foreigners' fault!

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Alien marine species driving indigenous species ‘towards extinction’

Pesky foreigners. 

All the waste, plastic bags 'n' bottles and untreated run-off from factories, housing estates, etc. might also be a part of the problem. Heaven's forbid we should ever admitt that pollution is a serious problem here. 

7 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Khon Kaen,that's  about as far as you can get from the sea in Thailand,

so why are they talking about the release of alien MARINE species,into

local waterways,another uninformed news report from the newspaper.

regards worgeordie

I believe the story, and references thereof, are related to fresh water species and management.

Marine freshwater - nothing in this article references the ocean as such.

 

Just to know the so-called invasive species would warrant the understanding of fresh water topic.

 

Evidently, you people read something into the story that's not there.

1 hour ago, zzaa09 said:

I believe the story, and references thereof, are related to fresh water species and management.

Marine freshwater - nothing in this article references the ocean as such.

 

Just to know the so-called invasive species would warrant the understanding of fresh water topic.

 

Evidently, you people read something into the story that's not there.

 

I thought 'marine' means relating to, or found in the sea