More than 300 illegal fishing traps seized in South

Illegal collapsible fishing traps, called ai ngo by local residents, are loaded onto a longtailed boat on Saturday in in Pak Phanang Bay off Nakhon Si Thammarat. (Photo: Nujaree Rakrun)

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: More than 300 illegal fishing traps were seized in Pak Phanang Bay in this southern province on Saturday, raising concerns about the depletion of marine resources.

Officials from the provincial Fisheries Office and the Maritime Enforcement Command Centre began a patrol in the bay around midnight and saw many illegal traps, called ai ngo by local residents, in the waters between Pak Phanang and Muang districts.