Fishery statistics were obtained from the Department of Fisheries compiling by the
Fishery Economic Division. These data were gathered from the reports issued by the agencies
under the jurisdiction of Department of Fisheries.
Fishery activities in Thailand were principally divided into
2
categories as follows:
Inland fisheries
Inland fisheries compose of
2
main activities, i.e. harvesting from wild
and aquaculture, wild freshwater fishes were totally harvested from public water bodies, and
flood plain areas in the rainy season while cultured species were obtained from ponds, paddies,
ditches, and cages.
Marine fisheries
Marine fisheries and coastal aquaculture are the main fishery
production of the country. Marine fishery resources are divided into
3
groups, i.e. pelagic fishery
resources, demersal fishery resources, and invertebrates or other aquatic animals. Two marine
fishing grounds of the country are the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea area. As for deep
sea fishery, it is usually done in Southeast Asian country zone and South Asian zone. Coastal
aquaculture is the activity operating along the sea shore, estuarine areas, canals, lakes
inundation areas, mangrove areas, and shallow areas near the sea shore.
Marine fishery output has smoothly continued expanding due to the factors: the
increased fishing outside Thai territorial waters as neighbouring countries allowed Thai fishing
boats to fish in their waters either based on payment of fees or joint investment projects and the
successful on implementation of measures to conserve and restore of the resources including
the rapid expansion of coastal farming, especially the cultured giant tiger prawn.
Timber and forest products statistics originate from the Royal Forestry Department,
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives.
Forest area means all forest types such as evergreen, pine, mangrove, dry dipterocarp,
mixed deciduous, scrub, swamp, bamboo and forest plantation in the national forest reserved,
