Songkhla Fishing Port
Songkhla Fishing Port is the Songkhla-province deep-sea and coastal fishing port operated by Port Authority of Thailand (PAT). Anchor of southern Thailand fisheries economy alongside the Songkhla Deep-Sea Tuna Port. Handles tuna, surimi, fish-meal, and pelagic-fishery vessel landings. Coordinates with Department of Fisheries on EU IUU yellow-card compliance, vessel-registration tracking, and traceability framework.
Profile overview
Songkhla Fishing Port is the Songkhla-province deep-sea and coastal fishing port operated by Port Authority of Thailand (PAT). Anchor of southern Thailand fisheries economy alongside the Songkhla Deep-Sea Tuna Port. Handles tuna, surimi, fish-meal, and pelagic-fishery vessel landings. Coordinates with Department of Fisheries on EU IUU yellow-card compliance, vessel-registration tracking, and traceability framework.
Port operations and fisheries role
Deep-sea fishing landings
Tuna and pelagic species
Songkhla Fishing Port handles landings from tuna long-liners, purse-seine vessels, and pelagic-fish trawlers operating in the Gulf of Thailand and Indian Ocean. Tuna landings feed directly into Thai Union and Unicord canning operations in Songkhla province.
EU IUU compliance
Yellow-card remediation
Thailand received an EU IUU (Illegal, Unreported, Unregulated fishing) yellow card in 2015 (lifted 2019). Songkhla Port coordinates vessel registration, catch documentation, and port-state control inspections with Department of Fisheries to maintain EU market-access compliance.
Fish-meal processing
By-product value chain
By-catch and low-value species landed at Songkhla are processed into fish-meal and fish-oil by local processors, supplying aquaculture and animal-feed industries. Fish-meal production in Songkhla is approximately 100,000-150,000 tonnes per year.
Key Thai fishing ports: comparison
Province
Songkhla
Primary fishery type
Deep-sea tuna, pelagic, surimi
Operator
Mahachai Port
Province
Samut Sakhon
Primary fishery type
Gulf coastal, shrimp, squid
Operator
Samut Sakhon municipality
Province
Phuket
Primary fishery type
Andaman coastal, prawns
Operator
Department of Fisheries
Ranong Fishing Port
| Port | Province | Primary fishery type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|
| Songkhla Fishing Port | Songkhla | Deep-sea tuna, pelagic, surimi | Port Authority of Thailand |
| Mahachai Port | Samut Sakhon | Gulf coastal, shrimp, squid | Samut Sakhon municipality |
| Phuket Fishing Port | Phuket | Andaman coastal, prawns | Department of Fisheries |
| Ranong Fishing Port | Ranong | Deep-sea, Myanmar border trade | Port Authority of Thailand |
Watchpoints 2025-2026
EU IUU monitoring
Compliance risk recurrence
Thailand's EU IUU yellow card was lifted in 2019 following port-state control reforms. Any relaxation of vessel-monitoring or catch-documentation requirements at Songkhla Port risks recurrence, which would jeopardise Thai seafood exports to the EU worth approximately USD 600-800 million per year.
Fish stock depletion
Gulf of Thailand overfishing
Gulf of Thailand fish stocks are significantly depleted relative to 1980s levels. Department of Fisheries closed-season enforcement (spawning closures, trawl-free zones) partially reduces Songkhla landings volume but is essential for long-term stock recovery.
Port modernisation
Cold-chain and traceability
PAT is investing in cold-chain infrastructure and digital catch-documentation systems at Songkhla to reduce post-harvest losses and improve supply-chain traceability for export-oriented processors. Upgrades align with EU and US seafood traceability requirements.
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