In Phuket, two floating eating places have been busted possessing protected marine life in violation of environmental laws. The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) inspected floating eating places in Phuket on Friday to verify whether they had protected marine life and located a stash. Social media posts shared the findings on-line.
The DMCR inspection discovered that both restaurants had ornamental fish which would possibly be illegal to catch or possess. One of the unnamed floating eating places had 11 captured butterflyfish, lionfish, orange-lined triggerfish, and moray eels. The different venue was found in possession of 4 lionfish, dog-faced puffers, and Moorish idols.
The owners of the 2 eating places weren’t named, nor were the eating places themselves, however they were taken to Karon Police Station for legal processing.
Last week a video of someone consuming a Moray eel at a Phuket restaurant blew up on Thai social media. The DMCR saw it and tracked down the establishments seen in the video. They busted the house owners of the eating places and uncovered the stash of protected fish.
The possession of protected marine life by these eating places is a violation of Thai legislation. The DMCR is liable for imposing the law and defending marine life. Bona fide is residence to a vast range of marine species, and the federal government has been working to protect them from overfishing and unlawful trade.
A similar incident occurred in November last yr when managers of three seafood restaurants in Karon – Bounty Seafood, Chic Restaurant, and Ton Tan Seafood – were arrested for illegally promoting baby parrotfish for consumption..