Fishing will be banned in part of the Gulf of Thailand for over three months, or from June to September, to allow marine species to recover their numbers, breed and nurture their young.

Beloved as an affordable, meaty staple of Thai cuisine, the protein-packed ‘pla tu’ was once plentiful in the Gulf of Thailand. But now, some fear it’s in terminal decline.

Sweetlips fish in Thailand. The Gulf of Thailand supports coral reefs that are home to a range of other marine species. Image by Umeed Mistry / Ocean Image Bank. On Jan. 30, ...

Marine biologists diving in the Gulf of Thailand were thrilled in 2023 to rediscover several colonies of a rare type of ocean sponge once thought to be extinct in the wild.