Year | Amount (tons) | Source of information |
1957 | 59 900 | Fisheries Record of Thailand, 1964 |
1958 | 50 600 | Fisheries Record of Thailand, 1964 |
1959 | 53 210 | Fisheries Record of Thailand, 1964 |
1960 | 52 814 | Fisheries Record of Thailand, 1964 |
1961 | 86 963 | Fisheries Record of Thailand, 1964 |
1962 | 82 241 | Fisheries Record of Thailand, 1964, 1969 |
1963 | 72 411 | Fisheries Record of Thailand, 1964, 1969 |
1964 | 70 030 | Fisheries Record of Thailand, 1964, 1969 |
1965 | 66 939 | Fisheries Record of Thailand, 1969, 1972 |
1966 | 96 808 | Fisheries Record of Thailand, 1969, 1972 |
1967 | 86 063 | Fisheries Record of Thailand, 1969, 1972 |
1968 | 112 164 | Fisheries Record of Thailand, 1969, 1972 |
1969 | 139 860 | Fisheries Record of Thailand, 1969, 1972 |
1970 | 207 987 | Fisheries Record of Thailand, 1972, 1973 |
1971 | 292 805 | Thailand National Delegate, Development and management of resources of coastal areas of Thailand. UN Inter-reg. Sem. Dev. Mgt. Res. Coastal Areas, Berlin, Fed. Rep. Germany, 31 May – 5 June 1976 |
1972 | 119 113 | Thailand National Delegate, Development and management of resources of coastal areas of Thailand. UN Inter-reg. Sem. Dev. Mgt. Res. Coastal Areas, Berlin, Fed. Rep. Germany, 31 May – 5 June 1976 |
1973 | 61 214 | Thailand National Delegate, Development and management of resources of coastal areas of Thailand. UN Inter-reg. Sem. Dev. Mgt. Res. Coastal Areas, Berlin, Fed. Rep. Germany, 31 May – 5 June 1976 |
1974 | 52 112 | Thailand National Delegate, Development and management of resources of coastal areas of Thailand. UN Inter-reg. Sem. Dev. Mgt. Res. Coastal Areas, Berlin, Fed. Rep. Germany, 31 May – 5 June 1976 |
1975 | 108 481 | Statistics Section, Department of Fisheries, Thailand (1976) |
Items | 1971 (ton) | 1972 (ton) | 1973 (ton) | 1974 (ton) | 1975 (ton) | Wild* (%) | Cultured* (%) | Amount cultured* (ton) | Area of culture* (ha) | Unit production* (ton/ha) |
Cockle (Anadara granosa) | 12 582 | 4 690 | 5 185 | 3 131 | 6 247 | 20 | 80 | 4 997.6 | 563.5 | 8.9 |
Green mussel (Mytilus smaragdinus) | 214 593 | 71 053 | 10 958 | 13 473 | 46 964 | 10 | 90 | 42 267.6 | 1 070.0 | 39.5 |
Oyster (Crassostrea commercialis) | 2 832 | 4 165 | 4 902 | 4 398 | 5 457 | 20 | 80 | 4 365.6 | 326.7 | 13.4 |
Horse mussel (Modiolus senhausenii) | 39 139 | 16 194 | 16 708 | 12 887 | 29 913 | 75 | 25 | 7 478.3 | 184.0 | 40.6 |
Carpet shell (Paphia undulata) | 6 406 | 14 095 | 17 950 | 13 806 | 14 495 | 100 | 0 | - | - | - |
Others (Pholas, Donax, Mactra, Placuna, etc. | 17 253 | 8 916 | 5 511 | 4 417 | 5 405 | 100 | 0 | - | - | - |
Total | 292 805 | 119 113 | 61 214 | 52 112 | 108 481 | 59 109.1 | 2 144.2 |
* Based on 1975 production data
Province | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 |
Chachoengsao | 8 272 | 9 531 | 700 | 814 |
Chanthaburi | 517 | 2 416 | 2 980 | 1 404 |
Cholburi | 50 589 | 13 232 | 15 560 | 21 215 |
Chumporn | 13 | 886 | 905 | 922 |
Pattani | - | 26 | - | 36 |
Petchaburi | 29 920 | 30 678 | 5 820 | 5 213 |
Phuket | - | 1 028 | 972 | 630 |
Prachuap Khirikhan | 8 | 24 | 8 630 | 11 |
Rayong | - | - | 80 | 36 |
Samut Prakharn | 26 717 | 19 299 | 10 340 | 3 060 |
Samut Sakhorn | 79 594 | 12 989 | 4 350 | 9 129 |
Samut Songkhram | 64 293 | 14 768 | 4 330 | 3 408 |
Satul | - | - | - | 1 000 |
Songkhla | - | 1 | 25 | 16 |
Surat Thani | 7 680 | 1 734 | - | 178 |
Trang | - | 4 | - | 14 |
Trat | 4 063 | 2 939 | - | - |
Others | 21 139 | 9 558 | 6 522 | 5 026 |
Total | 292 805 | 119 113 | 61 214 | 52 112 |
Species | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976* | |||
No. | Area (ha) | No. | Area (ha) | No. | Area (ha) | Area (ha) | |
Green mussel | 63 | 73.0 | 98 | 103.5 | 247 | 1 070.4 | 2 626 |
Horse mussel | 365 | 116.8 | 364 | 116.8 | 575 | 184.0 | 300 |
Cockle | 154 | 465.1 | 127 | 412.8 | 127 | 563.5 | 500 |
Oyster | 820 | 227.5 | 607 | 227.2 | 674 | 326.7 | 1 430 |
Total | 1 402 | 882.4 | 1 206 | 860.3 | 1 596 | 2 144.6 | 4 856 |
* No record available for number of farms in 1976
Province | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 |
Chachoengsao | 7 760 | 5 887 | 630 | 814 |
Cholburi | 37 632 | 7 836 | 2 360 | 3 776 |
Chumporn | - | - | - | 82 |
Petchaburi | 18 480 | 28 160 | 3 790 | 4 437 |
Samut Prakharn | 19 456 | 7 563 | 740 | 720 |
Samut Sakhorn | 61 792 | 7 632 | 750 | 525 |
Samut Songkhram | 63 798 | 12 886 | 2 440 | 2 690 |
Others | 5 675 | 89 | 248 | 429 |
Total | 214 593 | 71 053 | 10 958 | 13 473 |
Province | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 |
Chachoengsao | 470 | 3 368 | 70 | - |
Cholburi | 10 663 | 4 455 | 9 210 | 12 705 |
Samut Prakharn | 7 261 | 6 912 | 7 000 | - |
Samut Sakhorn | 13 065 | - | - | - |
Samut Songkhram | - | 19 | - | - |
Surat Thani | 7 680 | 1 440 | 142 | |
Others | - | - | 428 | 40 |
Total | 39 139 | 18 194 | 16 708 | 12 887 |
Province | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 |
Chachoengsao | 42 | 276 | - | - |
Chumporn | - | 414 | 545 | 468 |
Pattani | - | 26 | - | 36 |
Petchaburi | 7 332 | 1 324 | 2 030 | 776 |
Phuket | - | 423 | 390 | - |
Samut Sakhorn | 2 802 | 122 | - | - |
Samut Songkhram | 285 | 1 260 | 1 890 | 718 |
Satul | - | - | - | 1 000 |
Surat Thani | - | 288 | - | - |
Trang | - | 4 | - | 14 |
Others | 2 121 | 553 | 330 | 110 |
Total | 12 581 | 4 690 | 5 185 | 3 131 |
Province | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 |
Chanthaburi | 517 | 2 416 | 2 980 | 1 404 |
Cholburi | 2 294 | 941 | 1 110 | 2 142 |
Chumporn | 13 | 172 | 90 | 102 |
Phuket | - | 605 | 582 | 630 |
Prachuap Khirikhan | 8 | 24 | 30 | 11 |
Rayong | - | - | 80 | 36 |
Songkhla | - | 1 | 25 | 16 |
Surat Thani | - | 6 | 36 | |
Others | - | - | 5 | 21 |
Total | 2 832 | 4 165 | 4 902 | 4 398 |
Province | AREA CULTIVATED (HA) | POTENTIAL AREAS AVAILABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT (HA) | Grand total of available areas (11) (5 + 10) | ||||||||
Green mussel (1) | Horse mussel (2) | Cockle (3) | Oyster (4) | Total (5) | Green mussel (6) | Horse mussel (7) | Cockle (8) | Oyster (9) | Total (10) | ||
South China Sea Area | |||||||||||
1. Trat | 6 | - | - | 200 | 206 | 9 594 | - | 500 | 6 300 | 16 394 | 16 600 |
2. Chanthaburi | - | - | - | 800 | 800 | 4 000 | - | 2 000 | 1 200 | 7 200 | 8 000 |
3. Bayong | - | 300 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 000 | 1 000 | 1 000 |
4. Cholburi | 500 | - | - | 200 | 1 000 | 100 | - | - | 100 | 100 | 1 100 |
5. Chachoengsao | 700 | - | - | - | 700 | 100 | 200 | 200 | - | 500 | 1 200 |
6. Samut Prakharn | 200 | - | - | - | 200 | 2 500 | 200 | 500 | - | 3 200 | 3 400 |
7. Bangkok | - | - | - | - | - | 300 | 100 | - | - | 400 | 400 |
8. Samut Sakhorn | 500 | - | - | - | 500 | 1 500 | 800 | 1 000 | 3 300 | 3 800 | |
9. Samut Songkhram | 500 | - | - | - | 500 | 1 500 | 300 | 300 | - | 2 100 | 2 600 |
10. Petchaburi | 200 | - | 200 | - | 400 | 2 000 | - | - | 100 | 2 100 | 2 500 |
11. Prachuap Khirikhan | - | - | - | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | 100 | 100 | 110 |
12. Chumporn | 20 | - | - | 30 | 50 | 500 | - | 200 | 150 | 850 | 900 |
13. Surat Thani | - | - | - | 50 | 50 | 3 500 | 200 | 1 000 | 250 | 4 950 | 5 000 |
14. Nakhornsrithamaraj | - | - | - | - | - | 1 000 | 300 | 500 | 300 | 2 100 | 2 100 |
15. Songkhla | - | - | - | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | 90 | 90 | 100 |
16. Pattani | - | - | - | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | 400 | 400 | 430 |
17. Narathiwat | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 500 | 500 | 500 |
Andaman Sea Area | |||||||||||
18. Ranong | - | - | - | 100 | 100 | 3 000 | 500 | 2 000 | 500 | 6 000 | 6 100 |
19. Pangnga | - | - | - | - | - | 5 000 | 2 000 | 2 000 | 1 000 | 10 000 | 10 000 |
20. Krabi | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 200 | 200 | 200 |
21. Trang | - | - | - | - | - | 400 | - | 100 | 500 | 1 000 | 1 000 |
22. Satul | - | - | 300 | - | 300 | - | - | 1 000 | 500 | 1 500 | 1 800 |
T o t a l | 2 626 | 300 | 500 | 1 430 | 4 856 | 34 994 | 4 600 | 11 300 | 13 190 | 63 984 | 68 840 |
1 Based on recent field surveys by staff of the Department of Fisheries
Species | Area in production (ha) | Unit production (ton/ha) | Total production (ton/year) | Area available (ha) | Estimated total production** (ton/year) |
Mussel | 2 626 | 39.5 | 103 727 | 34 994 | 1 382 263 |
Horse mussel | 300 | 40.6 | 12 180 | 4 600 | 186 760 |
Ark shell (cockle) | 500 | 8.9 | 4 450 | 11 300 | 100 570 |
Oyster | 1 430 | 13.4 | 19 162 | 13 190 | 176 746 |
Total | 4 856 | 139 519 | 64 084 | 1 741 357 |
* Based on estimates by the Brackishwater Fisheries Division, Department of Fisheries, 1970.
Country | GREEN MUSSEL | HORSE MUSSEL | COCKLE | OYSTER | Remarks | ||||
Total production per annum (t) | Yield/ ha/annum (t) | Total production per annum (t) | Yield/ ha/annum (t) | Total production per annum (t) | Yield/ ha/annum (t) | Total production per annum (t) | Yield/ ha/annum (t) | ||
Australia | 9 200 | Pillay, 1976 | |||||||
France | 51 000 | 60 | 71 448 | 1.7 & | Chen, 1977 for mussel | ||||
7.5 | Pillay, 1976 for oyster | ||||||||
Italy | 30 000 | Pillay, 1976 | |||||||
Japan | 229 899 | Pillay, 1976 | |||||||
Korea, Rep. of | 5 578 | 733 | 56 008 | Pillay, 1976 | |||||
Malaysia | 28 000 | 20 | Pathansali, 1977 | ||||||
Netherlands | 102 000 | 60 | 1 500 | Chen, 1977 for mussel | |||||
Pillay, 1976 for oyster | |||||||||
New Zealand | 150 | 700 | Pillay, 1976 | ||||||
Philippines | - | 250 | 11 | 782 | Chen, 1977 for mussel | ||||
Pillay, 1976 for oyster | |||||||||
Singapore | - | 2 400* | Chen, 1977 | ||||||
Spain | 224 000 | 600 | 2 289 | Chen, 1977 for mussel | |||||
Pillay, 1976 for oyster | |||||||||
Thailand | 47 000 | 40 | 30 000 | 80 | 6 000 | 10 | 5 500 | 15 | Brackishwater Fisheries |
Div., Dept. of Fisheries | |||||||||
Thailand (1977) | |||||||||
United Kingdom | 3 000 | Pillay, 1976 | |||||||
U.S.A. | 129 060 | Pillay, 1976 |
NOTE: The amount of data available is very limited