Evolution of the Food Web in Bandon Bay, the Gulf of Thailand: Ten Years of the Blue Swimming Crab Stocking Programme.

The ecosystem of Bandon Bay, in the Gulf of Thailand (GoT), has been impacted since 2007 by the continued stocking of larval blue swimming crab , also called a crab bank. In this study, the food web in the Bay was modelled using Ecopath software to compare the trophic status, interaction and energy flow among the components in the system in 2007 and 2016 (i.e.

Catch assemblages in the small-scale trap fishery with relation to hydrographic features of a tropical bay in the Gulf of Thailand.

Catches from the small-scale trap fishery in Bandon Bay, Suratthani, Thailand, were monitored from 14 sites around the Bay, then disturbance to aquatic communities and catch assemblage were examined. At the same time, the hydrographical features of the bay were surveyed. The study was conducted throughout 2019 except in December, when a tropical cyclone made sampling impossible.

Catch composition and risk assessment of two fishing gears used in small-scale fisheries of Bandon Bay, the Gulf of Thailand.

We examined catch compositions and vulnerability of target and bycatch species in two fishing gears, namely the bottom-set gillnet and collapsible crab trap, used in small-scale fisheries of Bandon Bay, Suratthani Province, Thailand. Both gears mainly target the blue swimming crab (BSC) , and together contribute about half of Thailand's annual BSC catch of around 2.5 thousand tonnes.