The Royal Ordinance on Fisheries B.E. 2558 (2015) came into force on 14 November 2015, replacing the recently amended Fisheries Act B.E. 2558 (2015).

The new legislation amounts to a fundamental and comprehensive reform of the legal framework governing Thai fisheries.

Highlights of the new fisheries law include:

- More effective fisheries management and stakeholders’ involvement

- Improved oversight of fishing operations and transshipments at sea

- Enhanced traceability system

- Preventing IUU (illegal, unreported, unregulated) vessels and products from entering port

- Deterrent sanctions

- Improving welfare and working conditions of seamen, and eliminating unlawful labor practices in the fisheries sector