RELEASED: 23 Jan 2018 at 13:54
PATTAYA: A food supplier has actually been bought to right away drop grilled seahorses from his menu at a drifting market popular with travelers, and his store is being closed down.
Manas Meepong, supervisor of the Pattaya Drifting Market, stated he is ending the agreement with the supplier and made certain the seahorses were no longer on sale.
The choice followed photos of grilled seahorses being published on social networks by travelers. The unique treat on a stick expense 150 baht for one.
Mr Manas stated he was surprised to find out these animals being prepared and cost his market.
Chinese travelers were the primary purchasers, according to the supplier, whose name has actually not been divulged.
Seahorses are not secured by Thai law. Importing or exporting them is, nevertheless, prohibited by the Convention on International Sell Endangered Types of Wild Animal and Plants (Mentions) to which Thailand is a signatory. This leaves a loophole for suppliers of unique foods.
Thon Thamrongnawasawat, a marine ecologist and speaker at Kasetsart University, composed on his Facebook account prompting the federal government to list seahorses as a threatened types in Thailand to guarantee its defense and continued survival.
The drifting market includes items from all areas in the nation is popular with travelers from China going to the resort city.
