Rittirong Boonmechote, president of frozen food and related businesses at Thai Union Group Plc (TU) revealed on Thursday (October 3) that the company is preparing to buy 500 tonnes of snapper from Thai fish farmers for Bt90/kg after an influx of illegally imported fish from Malaysia caused the price to drop to Bt55/kg.

Dr Thanaporn Sriyakul, Department of Fisheries’ adviser for Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing, said that his special unit uncovered an illegal shipment of snapper fish in the southern province of Satun earlier this month.