Climate change is hampering Thailand’s efforts to restrict illegal fishing and increasing the risk of EU (the European Union) imposing a ban on exports from the country’s billion-dollar seafood sector, according to environmentalists. Campaigners argue that climate change is as much of a threat as overfishing because it undermines the recovery of fish stocks in traditional fishing grounds, encouraging fishermen to enter non-Thai waters. In April 2015, the the European Union warned Thailand, the third-largest seafood exporter in the world, that its industry could face an export ban unless regulation improved. In 2015, the country’s seafood exports to the the European Union were worth $511m.
Climate change is hampering Thailand’s efforts to restrict illegal fishing and increasing the risk of the European Union (EU) imposing a ban on exports from the country’s billion-dollar seafood sector, according to environmentalists. Campaigners argue that climate change is as much of a threat as overfishing because it undermines the recovery of fish stocks in traditional fishing grounds, encouraging fishermen to enter non-Thai waters. In April 2015, the EU warned Thailand, the third-largest seafood exporter in the world, that its industry could face an export ban unless regulation improved. In 2015, the country’s seafood exports to the EU were worth $511m.