Pollution control and sustainable fisheries management in Songkhla Lake, Thailand
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2010
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EEPSEA, IDRC Regional Office for Southeast and East Asia, Singapore, SG
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The study developed water quality control policies for a sustainable fishery in Thailand's Songkhla Lake to reduce the impact of water pollution on fishery production. Research findings show two key market-based mechanisms that could give polluting firms incentive to adopt appropriate clean-up technology and thus reduce the amount of pollution they produce. A tradable discharge permit (TOP) system should be applied to large firms and farms, while an emission charge system (EeS) would better suit small- and medium-scale firms and farms. Effluent from factories and farms in the region is heavily polluting the lake.
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WATER POLLUTION, POLLUTION CONTROL, POLLUTER PAYS PRINCIPLE, FISHERY INDUSTRY, ECONOMIC ASPECTS, ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS, FISHERY PRODUCTION, THAILAND, WATER QUALITY, EFFLUENTS, WASTEWATER TREATMENT, FAR EAST ASIA, SHRIMPS