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Thailand Nets 1.3 Million Kilograms Of Invasive Fish

The outbreak of tilapia will cost the Thai economy at least 10 billion baht ($293 million), the government says (Credit: AFP)

Thailand has netted more than 1.3 million kilograms of highly destructive blackchin tilapia fish, the government said Tuesday, as it battles to stamp out the invasive species.

Shoals of blackchin tilapia, which can produce up to 500 young at a time, have been found in 19 Thai provinces, damaging ecosystems in rivers, swamps and canals by preying on small fish, shrimp and snail larvae.

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