Bycatch landings in Phuket Ports by foreign vessel, 2017

All the catch of by-catch by foreign long-line vessel were from the fishing areas in the Indian Ocean. The catch was transshipped at Phuket ports, Thailand for re-export and some to industrials in Thailand. The total caught of by-catch by foreign long-line vessel in 2017 was 78.33 tons. There are five species of by-catch were recorded in port state inspection data; Dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus), Spanish mackerel (Scomberomerus commersoni), oilfish ( Ruvettus pretiosus), Albacore (Thunnus albacores), and Skipjack Tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis). The other transshipped was recorded in miscellaneous (MSC) or mix-frozen fish (MF); such as escolar fish (Lepidocybium spp.), Barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda), deep sea promfret and sunfish.