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Abstract

Thailand’s coral reefs not only attract a wealth of tourists, contributing to the national economy but also provide a significant revenue through the fisheries sector, as well as playing an important social, economic and nutritional role for local coastal communities. However, as with most coral reefs around the world, these are being severely degraded due to overfishing, destructive fishing practices, eutrophication, coastal development, and pollution. This has affected Thailand’s fishing sector, with both commercial and small-scale fishing showing a declining trend since 2002. Since 1978, Thailand has been deploying artificial reefs to compensate for these losses and as a tool to strengthen coastal habitats and small-scale fisheries, in both the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea.

Document Type:	Book chapter
Programme Area:	PA1
Research affiliation:	Science Management > Office for Knowledge Exchange Integrated Modelling > Resource Management
Open Access Journal?:	No
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17879-5_16
Date Deposited:	18 Feb 2026 12:31
Last Modified:	18 Feb 2026 12:31
URI:	https://cris.leibniz-zmt.de/id/eprint/6033

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