Thailand could lose 30b baht a year to EU fish import ban
Bangkok
THAILAND warned on Wednesday that it risked losing nearly US$1 billion a year if the European Union makes good on a threat to ban fish imports from the kingdom unless it does more to halt illegal fishing.
The world's third largest seafood producer was left red-faced on Tuesday when Brussels issued it with a "yellow card" for failing to clamp down on illegal fishing, saying fisheries monitoring, controls and punishments were inadequate and had to be brought up to international standards.
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