Thai oceans see more fish and dugongs amid coronavirus closures


This aerial view screengrab from handout video from Thailand's National Marine Park Operation Center in Trang taken and released on April 22, 2020 shows dugongs swimming in Joohoy cape at Libong island in Trang province in southern Thailand. Drone images released by the National Marine Parks center showed a herd of dugongs sunning themselves beneath clear turqouise waters off the coast of Libong island in southern Thailand. - AFP

BANGKOK: Thai oceans are seeing more fish and rare marine animals since being closed to tourists due to the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic.

Thailand's Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservations said in a Facebook post that officials sent out to inspect coral reefs saw a clear increase in the amount of fish among them.

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