Coastal Fisheries Management Interrelated to Environmental Aspect

Abstract

Fisheries have played a dominant role as foreign exchange earner of Thailand s economy. Illegal practices, in particular, have caused damage in reefs, the marine habitats for living and non living organisms. Degraded coral reefs loss the diversification in species and decline a number of catch. A National Coral Reef Strategy for Thailand was developed to manage coral reefs according to their different ecological and economic values in order to maintain a balance of uses. Zonation of reefs was provided along with measures given for controlling an environmental impact. Likewise, public awareness building was suggested to satisfy a gap of implementation caused by lack of law enforcement.