Table 1.
Number of molluscan shellfish purchased from harvest areas in Thailand
| Coastal zone and Province (No in Figure 1) | No. of examined molluscan shellfish*: |
Oriental hard clam | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloody cockle | Green mussel | Oyster | ||
| Coastal zone 1 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 8 |
| Trat (1) | 4 | 5 | ||
| Chanthaburi (2) | 14 | 7 | ||
| Rayong (3) | 8 | |||
| Coastal zone 2 | 49 | 47 | 11 | 36 |
| Chon Buri (4) | 8 | 6 | 11 | 11 |
| Samut Prakan (6) | 16 | 20 | 8 | |
| Samut Sakhon (8) | 10 | 7 | 13 | |
| Samut Songkhram (9) | 9 | 12 | 4 | |
| Petchaburi (10) | 6 | 2 | ||
| Coastal zone 3 | 13 | 16 | 13 | |
| Surat Thani (13) | 13 | 16 | 13 | |
| Coastal zone 4 | 11 | 9 | 14 | |
| Songkhla (15) | 8 | |||
| Pattani (17) | 11 | 9 | 6 | |
| Coastal zone 5 | 22 | 6 | 15 | |
| Krabi (22) | 4 | |||
| Trang (23) | 4 | 6 | ||
| Satun (24) | 18 | 11 | ||
| Total | 109 | 73 | 32 | 86 |
* Bloody cockle (Anadara granosa), green mussel (Perna viridis), oyster (Crassostrea belcheri and Saccostrea commercialis), and Oriental hard clam (Meretrix mereitrix, M. casta, M. casta, and M. casta)