Daily chore: Farmer Sompong Wongbao scoops dead fish from the water at Lamsae Dam reservoir in Nakhon Ratchasima. (Photo by Prasit Tangprasert)NAKHON RATCHASIMA - Fish raised in hinged floating baskets in the Lamsae Dam lake in Khon Buri district have been dying by the hundreds as daytime temperatures rise to nearly 40°C. Sompong Wongbao, 34, said that for the last three days his regular chore had been to scoop out dead and dying fish. He said the dead fish showed no traces of disease and he believed they simply died from the heat. Other fish farmers at Lamsae Dam were facing the same problem, he said.

Source: Bangkok Post April 19, 2017 07:52 UTC