Date: 24-28 June 2013
Objectives
1. To discuss and get more information on situation of
coastal small-scale fisheries
2. To study on fisher group establishment and fisheries
management activity
3. To interview fisheries household at coastal
small-scale fisheries
4. To pre-test fish distribution questionnaire by
middleman
Results
25 June
2013
SEAFDEC
team discussed with CMDEC’s team on number of samples and survey plan of this
trip. In the morning, social team visited Baan Pakklong Bang Sapannoi
village to collect 11 samples, as well as discuss with fishers on group
establishment and fisheries management. The main fishing gear of this group is
anchovy castnet and squid trap, and main species are anchovy and soft
cuttlefish. In the afternoon, we collected data at Baan Fung Dang
village. The main fishing gear is bottom gill net, and the main specie is blue
swimming crab. After that, we moved to Baan Chai Tale. The main fishing
gear is anchovy castnet, and the main specie is anchovy.
26 June
2013
In the
morning, social team divided into two teams, the first team collected data at
Baan Pakklong Bang Sapannoi fishers group with 5 samples, and one middleman of
soft cuttlefish. The second team collected data at Baan Fung Dang fishers group
with 7 samples. In the afternoon, social team went to Baan Chai Tale fishers
group to collect the data with 6 samples, and interview one company, which buy
soft cuttlefish and dry anchovy in Baan Pakklong Bang Sapannoi village.
27 June
2013
In the
morning, SEAFDEC team visited Baan Nong Samed fishers group to observe
middleman for interviewing, the main specie is blue swimming crab and shrimp.
We interviewed one middleman and one collector at. SEAFDEC team visited
and interview one company, which buy dry anchovy in Baan Pakklong Bang Sapannoi
and Baan Chai Tale village.
Summary
The
total sample of this trip is 37 samples, from three fishers groups namely, Baan
Pakklong Bang Sapannoi, Baan Fung Dang and Baan Chai Tale. From two surveys in
2013, we have finished 72 samples collected of Bang Sapannoi District.
In
addition, Baan Pakklong Bang Sapnnoi fishers group, which is a big group, has members
around 100 members. There are a lot of fishing gears in this group such as
anchovy purse seine, anchovy castnet, bottom gill net, shrimp trammel net,
squid trap and driving of sea urchin and clam. Now, this group has conflict among
fishing gear, some small-scale fishermen complained anchovy castnet, because
this fishing gear catch a lot of small fish such as small mackerel. According
to this conflict, fishermen in this area have formed a new fishers group namely
“Underwater resources (coral reef) conservation group of Baan Pakklong Bang Ssapannoi
village” in 2011. There are 80 members, which compose of fishermen and owner of
tourist boat. The objectives of this group are protecting coral reef and
collection garbage underwater and beach.
For
fish distribution, two middlemen and two companies were interviewed in this
trip, one middleman buy soft cuttlefish, and another one middleman buy shrimp,
blue swimming crab, squid and fish. One company buy soft cuttlefish and dry
anchovy, and another one company buy only dry anchovy. At Baan Pakklong Bang
Sapannoi village, middlemen have four fishermen. The middlemen sell to tourist
and cold storage. The cold storage would buy soft cuttlefish 50-1000 kg per day
from 3 big collectors and 2 small collectors. Soft cuttlefish frozen will be sent
to main cold storage at Rayong Province, which export to Taiwan. In case of dry
anchovy production, the cold storage company will buy from fishermen directly.
The main market of this company is Malaysia.
For the
structure of middleman at Baan Nong Samed fishers group, the middleman purchase
products from two fishers groups namely, Baan Nong Samed and Baan Pakklong Bang
Sapannoi village. Baan Nong Samed has one collector, who collected products
from 30 fishermen and send to middleman. The middleman will sent all product to
Talay-Thai Fish Market, Samut Sakorn day by day.
