Owners of jewelry with dorsal fin from bowmouth guitarfish bound to report or pay fin

[misskit]

KRABI, 22 September 2018 (NNT) – Owners of jewelry containing a dorsal fin from a bowmouth guitarfish (Rhina ancylostoma) are legally obliged to report it to authorities by November 29 or pay a fine.

Krabi Provincial Office of Fisheries chief Saen Sri-ngarm said items from the fish, which are on the Wildlife Protection List, require an official permit or the owner may have to pay 40,000 baht in fine.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment put 12 aquatic species on the list in 2003 to prevent extinction.

The 12 species include Mobula thurstoni, Mobula kuhlii, Mobula eregoodootenkee, Mobula japanica, Manta alfredi, Manta birostris, Himantura chaophraya, Rhina ancylostoma, Pristis zijsron, Anoxypristis cuspidata, Pristis pectinata, and Pristis pristis. Among these species, only Himantura chaophraya is granted the permission for commercial reproduction.


National News Bureau Of Thailand | Owners of jewelry with dorsal fin from bowmouth guitarfish bound to report or pay fine

[misskit]

[Looper]

Owners of jewelry with dorsal fin from bowmouth guitarfish bound to report or pay fin

prolly should pay the fin

[misskit]

Better than having your jewelry conchfishskated.

[harrybarracuda]

legally obliged to report it to authorities by November 29

They'd better get their skates on.

[david44]

Nice bit of "tom foolery"

Ray Carefully, lurks like Broke back Manta

[Looper]

the owner may have to pay 40,000 baht in fine

That would be about 900 squid.

[nidhogg]

Was wondering what sort of jewellery could be made from the dorsal fin of a bowmouth guitar fish.
Apparently the dorsal fin is the spiky think along the top of the head:





and they make things like this with it:





Now, where have I seen a ring like that before?

[Maanaam]

Jeepers, that would be a nasty thing for your opponent to be wearing in a bar fight.

[kmart]

^Especially if it's in a bar on Koh Tao.

[VocalNeal]

^^^ Probably worn by guys who vap in public to show disdain for authority?

[Maanaam]

^Especially if it's in a bar on Koh Tao.

My understanding is the guys don't fight in bars on Koh Tao, they follow you to the beach with a hoe or something.

^You wouldn't see me dead wearing a ring like that.

[nidhogg]

^Especially if it's in a bar on Koh Tao.

Exactly.

[nidhogg]

My understanding is the guys don't fight in bars on Koh Tao, they follow you to the beach with a hoe or something.

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David Miller had some very distinctive wounds on him. One of the *real* suspects owns a ring that (from memory) looked similar to the one in the picture above (not as ornate, but with the same protrusion).

[VocalNeal]

^ So are they clever enough to catch him with this proclamation?

[Maanaam]

David Miller had some very distinctive wounds on him. One of the *real* suspects owns a ring that (from memory) looked similar to the one in the picture above (not as ornate, but with the same protrusion).

OK, but I guess not from a bar fight, more like an attack on a lonely beach.

[nidhogg]

^ So are they clever enough to catch him with this proclamation?

LOL. He could have walked around with a sign saying "It was me. It was me wot dunnit" - and they would have STILL have banged up the Burmese.