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
2451	Суммарный общий допустимый улов по всем бассейнам на 2023 год снижен на 3%	Рыболовство	2022-10-26	RU
2452	Состоялся чемпионат России по спиннингу	Охотники.ру	2022-10-28	RU
2453	Extremely rare sunfish found off Sydney's Northern Beaches	9news	2022-11-01	AU
2454	the rainbow fish that’s born female and becomes male	theguardian	2022-10-19	UK
2455	Spearfisher facing penalties after catching wobbegong shark in NSW	9news	2022-10-13	AU
2456	SA fishers hopeful of end to snapper ban in new year	9news	2022-10-17	AU
2457	Can You Catch More Fish When the Water Is Spinning?	noaa	2022-10-24	US
2458	Плотва холодной воды	Охотники.ру	2022-10-27	RU
2459	Man catches record hybrid striped bass in New Jersey: 'Trolling in 20 feet'	foxnews	2022-10-27	US
2460	Желтоносовские караси	Охотники.ру	2022-10-26	RU
2461	Queensland government to study fish ecosystems after back-to-back La Niña events	ABC Southern Qld	2022-10-09	AU
2462	Holy Mola: 3-ton ‘Hummer-sized’ sunfish sets record for biggest fish ever	nypost	2022-10-17	PT
2463	Mysterious breeding habits of aquarium fish vex experts	nypost	2022-10-20	ID
2464	Earthquake looms as anglers land doomsday fish: ‘We are all going to die!’	nypost	2022-10-10	MX
2465	Fish GPS? Scientists find goldfish go farther next to certain stripes	theguardian	2022-10-12	US
2466	Fairview Heights family invested in a Florida fishing business	ksdk	2022-10-13	US
2467	Технология микро-AUV держит в тайне секретные подводные миссии, наблюдение и разведку	building-tech	2022-08-30	CA
2468	n the front line of the fish for sex trade ‘spiralling out of control’	telegraph	2022-10-14	UK
2469	Angler sets state record with ‘monster’ hybrid trout	wtok	2022-10-15	US
2470	Giant 900lb tuna biggest fish caught in Welsh waters	BBC News	2022-10-10	US
2471	Fish feel 'pain, stress and anxiety': Organisation introduces proposal for their 'humane slaughter'	wionews	2022-10-10	IN
2472	A Giant Sunfish In the Azores Weighed In as the Heaviest Bony Fish On Record	theinertia	2022-10-13	US
2473	Colorado fishermen cited for poaching 460 pounds of salmon in Northern Michigan	mlive	2022-10-14	US
2474	A shock of cold water could help control exotic fish in Grand Canyon	Arizona Public Radio	2022-10-14	US
2475	Switching from sturgeon – a look at global salmon and trout roe consumption	The Fish Site	2022-10-22	US