IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jsusta/v12y2020i14p5841-d387160.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The Transition from Unregulated to Regulated Fishing in Thailand

Author

Listed:
  • Nipa Kulanujaree

    (Aquaculture and Aquatic Resources Management, School of Environment, Resources and Development, Asian Institute of Technology, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand
    Upper Gulf Fisheries Research and Development Center (Samut Prakan), Samut Prakan 10130, Thailand)

  • Krishna R Salin

    (Aquaculture and Aquatic Resources Management, School of Environment, Resources and Development, Asian Institute of Technology, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand)

  • Pavarot Noranarttragoon

    (Fisheries Resource Assessment Group, Marine Fisheries Research and Development Division, Department of Fisheries, Bangkok 10900, Thailand)

  • Amararatne Yakupitiyage

    (Aquaculture and Aquatic Resources Management, School of Environment, Resources and Development, Asian Institute of Technology, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand)

Abstract

Marine fishery is an economically important sector and the primary source of livelihood for coastal fishers in Thailand, but the open access harvesting system and overfishing have depleted fish stocks. The country should address both the issues to sustain a healthy marine fishery and protect the lucrative export market as well as to maintaining seafood self-sufficiency. This paper explains the on-going processes of implementing the measures of restricting the number and size of fishing vessels and fishing efforts to control fishing capacity. The marine resources in the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea are categorized into three separate species groups: (1) demersal, (2) pelagic, and (3) anchovies. The precautionary approach is used as the guiding principle, and maximum sustainable yield (MSY) of the three combined resource categories is used as a reference point in setting the total allowable catch (TAC) limits in this exercise. The number of fishing days per vessel per year is stipulated by issuing licenses based on the TAC size and total allowable effort (TAE). Both the advantages and disadvantages of the current fishing allocation system are discussed.

Suggested Citation

  • Nipa Kulanujaree & Krishna R Salin & Pavarot Noranarttragoon & Amararatne Yakupitiyage, 2020. "The Transition from Unregulated to Regulated Fishing in Thailand," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(14), pages 1-26, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:12:y:2020:i:14:p:5841-:d:387160
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/14/5841/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/14/5841/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Wantana Janekitkosol & Hassapong Somchanakij & Monton Eiamsa-ard & Mala Supongpan, 2003. "Strategic review of the fishery situation in Thailand," Monographs, The WorldFish Center, number 37762, April.
    2. Erceg, Diane, 2006. "Deterring IUU fishing through state control over nationals," Marine Policy, Elsevier, vol. 30(2), pages 173-179, March.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Garnchanok Wongrak & Nany Hur & Insoo Pyo & Jungsuk Kim, 2021. "The Impact of the EU IUU Regulation on the Sustainability of the Thai Fishing Industry," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(12), pages 1-16, June.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Chen, Chung-Ling, 2014. "Realization of high seas enforcement by non-flag states in WCPFC: A signal for enhanced cooperative enforcement in fisheries management," Marine Policy, Elsevier, vol. 50(PA), pages 162-170.
    2. Tsung-Han Tai & Shih-Ming Kao & Wan-Chun Ho, 2020. "International Soft Laws against IUU Fishing for Sustainable Marine Resources: Adoption of the Voluntary Guidelines for Flag State Performance and Challenges for Taiwan," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(15), pages 1-14, July.
    3. Miller, Dana D. & Sumaila, U. Rashid, 2014. "Flag use behavior and IUU activity within the international fishing fleet: Refining definitions and identifying areas of concern," Marine Policy, Elsevier, vol. 44(C), pages 204-211.
    4. Auld Graeme & Cashore Benjamin & Balboa Cristina & Bozzi Laura & Renckens Stefan, 2010. "Can Technological Innovations Improve Private Regulation in the Global Economy?," Business and Politics, De Gruyter, vol. 12(3), pages 1-42, October.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:12:y:2020:i:14:p:5841-:d:387160. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.