Koh Samet Archives - Pattaya Mail

No compromise with illegal resort operators on Samet islands

Pattaya Mail - November 23, 2016

The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plants Conservation will not compromise with 24 illegal resorts which are encroaching on the Khao Laemya-Samet Islands...

Seafood sales in Rayong are now so brisk, people have to line up to buy crab before it’s sold out.

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Seafood sales return to normal in oil spill-affected Rayong

Patcharapol Panrak - September 11, 2013

Oil spill or no, there’s only so long Thais can go without fresh seafood and sales of it have returned to normal at Rayong’s...

Officials at Mae Rampung Beach in Rayong are blaming the recent oil spill for the mass fish die-off in the area.

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Rayong fishermen blame fish kill on July oil spill

Patcharapol Panrak - August 22, 2013

A mass fish die-off at Mae Rampung Beach has incited worries in Rayong that last month’s Maptaput-area oil spill may be dong more damage...

Pornthep Siriwanarangsan, director-general of the Disease Control Department, indulges in the local crab whilst trying to convince others that Koh Samet seafood is safe to eat.

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Koh Samet seafood ‘safe’ but no one buying, Phe vendors lament

Patcharapol Panrak - August 14, 2013

Nuanthip Pier, the main gateway to Koh Samet, normally sees up to a dozen trips to the tourist island a day. But since the...

Natural Resources and the Environment Minister Vichet Kasemthongsri smiles as he checks the sand for a photo op on Ao Phrao beach.

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Koh Samet looking ‘normal’ again, but 20% of marine life may...

Patcharapol Panrak - August 14, 2013

Rayong officials plan to rebuild Koh Samet’s oil-stained beaches with new sand as authorities try to gauge how much of last month’s petroleum spill...

PTT Global Chemical Plc workers, Royal Thai Navy personnel and volunteers mop up and haul away sand polluted by the July 27 oil spill.

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Koh Samet’s beaches clearing, but assessment, preventative work only beginning

Patcharapol Panrak - August 8, 2013

Cleanup of the Koh Samet oil spill is winding down, but the more-arduous process of assessing long-term damage and preventing future spills is only...