date:Aug 07, 2012
n against them, he said.
The authorities always claim that they have no budget, and lack manpower to enforce the law.
The activist said small-scale fishermen affected by fishing trawlers would step up efforts to stop the department from registering these illegal trawlers.
Sakanand Plathong, a marine biologist from the Prince of Songkla University, said the department should work harder to crack down on unregistered trawlers instead of finding means to legalise them.
Trawlers are also harmful