Thai Officials Warn Releasing Fish Into Nature Wont Bring Good Karma

Thai Officials Warn Releasing Fish Into Nature Wont Bring Good Karma

By Koh Ewe

Source: yahoo

4/15/2024

Credit: LightRocket/Getty Images

Good intentions can sometimes be misguided. Thailand’s freshwater ecosystems this time of year are a testament to that.

Ahead of the Buddhist holiday of Songkran, also known as the Thai New Year, which began on Saturday and ends on Monday, Thailand’s Department of Fisheries warned Buddhists thinking of releasing fish and turtles into local waterways—a popular practice known as “ploi pla” and believed to make merit, or bring good karma—that doing so would actually be a grave sin.

Bancha Sukkaew, the chief of the department, said people should avoid releasing alien species, including some breeds of catfish, pet fish, cichlids, turtles, and crayfish, into natural water. Some of the fish, he explained, are unable to survive in the water they’re released into; in other cases, the introduction of an alien species may disturb the ecosystem.

Continue...

News Id		Source	Stamp	country
2401	Three-metre 'rare' tuna fish found washed up on Lincolnshire beach by dog walker	lincolnshirelive	2022-10-28	UK
2402	Japanese restaurant lets customers catch their own fish to cook	hindustantimes	2022-10-29	JP
2403	Настоящий рыбацкий день рождения	Охотники.ру	2022-11-09	RU
2404	At least 6% of global fishing ‘probably illegal’ as ships turn off tracking devices	theguardian	2022-11-02	UK
2405	Diving family from Mathews helping with invasive lionfish—by eating them	gazettejournal	2022-11-02	US
2406	Experts struggling to save tiny 'bejeweled' fish from extinction	kxxv	2022-10-30	US
2407	We Are Up Climate Change Creek, and Look at All These Fish	esquire	2022-10-31	US
2408	Confrontational angler has rods and fishing gear seized after refusing to give name	armaghi	2022-11-02	IR
2409	Washington Won't Renew Leases for Puget Sound Fish Farms	Associated Press	2022-11-14	US
2410	Байкал пополнится рекордным количеством молоди омуля весной следующего года	Рыболовство	2022-11-14	RU
2411	Three men ticketed and fined for illegally fishing with nets	wbrz	2022-11-01	US
2412	Man shocked after catching 'super unheard of' fish in Toronto Harbour	CTV News	2022-10-31	CA
2413	Do fish sleep? Most do....kind of	Asbury Park Press	2022-11-03	US
2414	Q&A with Steve Trent on how China can rein in illegal fishing	mongabay	2022-11-03	CN
2415	Исследователи случайно открыли необычное поведение у рыб, которые вынашивают мальков во рту	hightech	2022-11-14	RU
2416	Incredible Close-Up Footage Captures Bear Hunting Salmon in Canada	CTV News	2022-11-11	CA
2417	Endangered Devils Hole pupfish is one of the most inbred animals known	berkeley.edu	2022-11-04	US
2418	This dead monstrosity is the heaviest bony fish in the world	boingboing	2022-10-19	PT
2419	A National Park Wants to Use Rat Poison to Get Rid of a Fish They Brought In	thedailybeast	2022-10-30	US
2420	Fish eggs return to Bangladesh’s Halda River following conservation efforts	mongabay	2022-11-02	IN
2421	Fish can get addicted to meth after eating human poop	boingboing	2022-11-02	CZ
2422	Over 100,000 fishing-related deaths occur annually	ktar	2022-11-02	TZ
2423	Canada fights illegal fishing with Operation North Pacific Guard	yahoo	2022-11-02	CA
2424	Canada proposes 62 fish stocks for sustainability protection	yahoo	2022-10-31	CA
2425	Minnesota man's record-breaking fish certified months after catch and release	Fox News	2022-11-07	US