Fish Conservation Nursery
The fish conservation center is the heart and soul of Koh Yao Noi, dedicated to preserving the marine ecosystem. Guests are transported by long-tail boats to the bay, where they will spend an hour or so with the nursery’s team to learn about their goals.
Owner Kasem Ninsamut and his son, Chaowarin, also known as Chao, collaborate closely with local fishermen to safeguard their livelihood.
The nursery has four primary objectives: breeding for sustainability to prevent overfishing; breeding for conservation, where even crabs carrying eggs caught by fishermen are brought to the nursery until the eggs have hatched, and the mothers are released back into the wild; conservation efforts to care for injured fish; and education for the future generation of fishermen, explaining which species require protection and cannot be caught.
