Sales of farmed fish, shellfish take deep dive

[snoop1130]

Sales of farmed fish, shellfish take deep dive

By The Nation

 

 

A drop in demand from major purchasers in China amid the Covid-19 outbreak has forced Thai producers of fish and shellfish to cut prices and reduce stocks by up to half.

 

Reporters witnessed the depletion on a recent visit to Hat Samran district in Trang province, home to the 25-member Fishery Network Centre.

 

Yuthana Boonngam, 43, owner of the Kuan Wilai Farmstay, showed floating cages in which lobsters, groupers, black crabs, red snappers and sea grapes are raised.

 

“We used to have 48 cages but now there are 20,” he said.

 

“We can’t export because the virus outbreak has caused large merchants in China to delay their purchases, and the Chinese tourists who love this kind of food are no longer coming to Thailand.”

 

Yuthana is raising more than 100 lobsters but has no one lined up to buy them. Their price has dropped from Bt1,200 to Bt800 apiece.

 

“The merchants and large restaurants in Thailand order only small quantities of medium-size fish and shellfish,” he said.

 

“The only luck we’ve had is that, even though the fish are growing bigger, they still eat the same amount of food.”

 

To save money, the centre’s members now catch their own fish to cut up and feed to the bigger creatures in their cages, whereas they used to buy feed fish at Bt15-Bt20 per kilogram.

 

Purchasers are also needed for the 100-200 grams of shrimp larvae the members have. That normally sells for Bt150-Bt200 per kilogram.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30384884

 

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[DrTuner]

The ocean must have let out a sigh of relief "finally those bloody people are gone so I can get some rest". A couple of months of curfew would do good for the seas and nature in general.

 

800b a piece is not bad. How much in Makro?

Edited March 26, 2020 by DrTuner

[siamtexan]

sad part is the 100% chemical they are raised on... last thing I want in my system. Prawns are by far the worst..

 

[MaiDong]

At least they're being fed sea life now, as opposed to the apparently synthetic rubbish they were being fed before.

 

As with many things during this different period in our lives, hopefully it'll bring about change for the better...

[ParkerN]

Wait until the USA starts cutting back on canned seafood - they're already ditching their cats... Or eating them.

 

Oh dear, such hard times, I can hardly contain my sorrow...

 

 

[Ian Nagle]

2 hours ago, ParkerN said:

Wait until the USA starts cutting back on canned seafood - they're already ditching their cats... Or eating them.

 

Oh dear, such hard times, I can hardly contain my sorrow...

 

 

Fear not, I don't for one second consider you will have any issues with practising social distancing. 

[Iron Tongue]

20 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Yuthana Boonngam, 43, owner of the Kuan Wilai Farmstay, showed floating cages in which lobsters, groupers, black crabs, red snappers and sea grapes are raised.

What is a sea grape?

[Assurancetourix]

2 minutes ago, Iron Tongue said:

What is a sea grape?

It is an alga 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halosaccion_glandiforme

[ParkerN]

On 3/26/2020 at 10:28 PM, Ian Nagle said:

Fear not, I don't for one second consider you will have any issues with practising social distancing. 

Rest easy. Man is not my brotherhood any more than football fans are.