Thailand

Section 60. No person shall use electrical currents for fishing purposes or explosives in a fishing ground. Exemptions to the prohibition on the use of explosives in fishing grounds may be granted for the benefit of public service for which permission in writing must have been obtained from the Director-General, in which case preventive undertakings must have been implemented to preempt undue damage to the aquatic animals concerned. The provision under paragraph one shall not apply to the use of explosives for the benefit of military public service.

Section 58. No person shall engage in the following acts: (1) releasing, pouring, disposing of, discharging or causing the passage of hazardous matters as prescribed by the Minister into a fishing ground; (2) acting in whichever way to cause the intoxication of aquatic animals in a fishing ground; (3) releasing, pouring, disposing of, discharging or causing the passage of any particular thing into a fishing ground in a manner harmful to aquatic animals; (4) causing a fishing ground to be polluted such that it becomes harmful to aquatic animals. The provisions under paragraph one shall not apply to unavoidable acts for the benefit of military public service.

Section 56. No person shall catch aquatic animals in an aquatic species sanctuary as prescribed by the Minister or by the provincial fisheries committee subject to the approval of the Minister, except for the purposes of academic advancement or for the purposes of the nurturing of aquatic animal breeds for which permission in writing has been granted by the Director-General or a person assigned by the Director-General. There shall be attached to a notification determining any aquatic species sanctuary pursuant to paragraph one a map delineating the areas prescribed thereby.

Section 66. No person shall catch aquatic mammals, rare aquatic animals or aquatic animals near extinction as prescribed by the Minister or take any such aquatic animal on board a fishing vessel, except where it is necessary to do so in order to save the life thereof.

Section 70. No person shall engage in a fishing operation during a season of aquatic animals' ovulation and egg-spawning, larvae rearing or during any other period of time designated for the protection of aquatic animals as prescribed by the Minister.

"Fishing" means to search, attract, catch, take or harvest fish or any activity which can reasonably be expected to result in the attracting, catching, taking or harvesting of fish at a fishing ground.

Section 16. Within a national park, no person shall: ... (2) collect, take out, or do by any means whatsoever things endangering or deteriorating woody plant, gum, yang wood oil, turpentine, mineral or other natural resources; (3) take out animals or do by any means whatsoever things endangering the animals; ... (15) take in any gear for hunting or catching animal or any weapon, unless permission is obtained from the competent official and the conditions prescribed by the latter have been complied with.

Any person who violates section 16 (1), (2), (3), (4) or (5) shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to a fine not exceeding twenty thousand Baht or to both.