{"id":44800,"date":"2024-02-21T12:09:32","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T05:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onbird.vn\/?p=44800"},"modified":"2024-02-21T12:09:32","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T05:09:32","slug":"dont-consume-snail-giant-clam-in-island-hopping-and-snorkeling-tours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dtabeam.com\/dont-consume-snail-giant-clam-in-island-hopping-and-snorkeling-tours\/","title":{"rendered":"Consuming snails and giant clams is not recommended on island-hopping and snorkeling tours with Onbird"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Giant_Clams_Are_Under_Great_Pressure_In_Phu_Quoc\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Giant Clams Are Under Great Pressure In Phu Quoc<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-underline text-strikethrough-none\">In Phu Quoc, the giant clam population is under significant strain due to overfishing. The substantial demand for these clams, particularly from boat tours and local restaurants on the island, is leading to their depletion, posing a threat to the coral reefs in the area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It is important to understand the many benefits that giant clams offer to strengthen the case for their conservation.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Overfishing is posing a serious threat to giant clams, which are an important component of Phu Quoc&#8217;s marine ecosystem. The local restaurants and boat tours are putting more pressure on locals to accommodate their tourists, which is causing overexploitation of these clams and endangering the coral reefs nearby.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is crucial to be knowledgeable about the importance of giant clams to the marine ecosystem for effective conservation.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_44802\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44802\" class=\"wp-image-44802 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/onbird.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/giant-clam.jpg\" alt=\"Giant Clam at a coral reef\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-44802\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Giant Clam look colorful at a coral reef<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Giant_Clams_Role_%E2%80%93_Dont_Consume_Giant_Clam_and_Snail\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Giant Clams Role &#8211; Dont Consume Giant Clam and Snail<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Giant clams play a crucial role in the marine ecosystem<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Predators and scavengers feed on their tissues, while opportunistic feeders consume their discharges of live zooxanthellae, feces, and gametes. The shells of giant clams provide a surface for colonization by epibionts, while commensal and ectoparasitic organisms live within their mantle cavities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Giant clams make the reef more diverse and act as reservoirs of zooxanthellae, which can help counteract eutrophication (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the decomposition of the plants depletes the supply of oxygen, leading to the death of animal life) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0through water filtering.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lastly, dense populations of giant clams contribute to the reef framework by producing large amounts of calcium carbonate shell material.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29275\" style=\"width: 1610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29275\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29275\" src=\"https:\/\/onbird.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/A-lively-clamp-at-U-Turn-reef.jpg\" alt=\"Clam living on the rock at U-Turn, Phu Quoc Snorkeling &amp; Diving spot\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1174\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-29275\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clam living on the rock at U-Turn, Phu Quoc Snorkeling &amp; Diving spot<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The practice of catching giant clams for tourism sales has been occurring for many years in Phu Quoc. However, according to Onbird\u2019s observations from 2024, it appears that the local extinction of these enormous clams is imminent. This explains why they are hardly noticeable in coral reefs, as many have been captured and removed from their natural environments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Giant clams are being harvested by fishermen and boat workers at the reefs that have been declared as marine protected areas (MPAs), with the intention of selling them for local boat trips. <strong>Remember that buying and eating huge clams is strictly prohibited because it is against the law and detrimental to the marine environment.<\/strong> It is therefore imperative that we refrain from trading and consuming these species under all circumstances.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Eliminating_Seafood_Sales_on_Snorkeling_Tours\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Eliminating Seafood Sales on Snorkeling Tours<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Onbird is working to increase public knowledge of sustainable tourism, especially in relation to <a href=\"https:\/\/onbird.vn\/tour-category\/tours-in-phu-quoc\/phu-quoc-small-group-tours\/\">OnBird discovery snorkeling tours<\/a>. Upon the removal of seafood sales, we pledge to continue providing guided snorkeling trips. Since enormous clam species are at danger of going extinct locally, conservation efforts must focus on preserving them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Giant Clams Are Under Great Pressure In Phu Quoc In Phu Quoc, the giant clam population is under significant strain due to overfishing. The substantial demand for these clams, particularly from boat tours and local restaurants on the island, is leading to their depletion, posing a threat to the coral reefs in the area. It<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/dtabeam.com\/dont-consume-snail-giant-clam-in-island-hopping-and-snorkeling-tours\/\">&#8230;[Read More]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44802,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[960,2008],"tags":[4516,4518,4520,4522,4524,4336,1598,958,2262,1438,3932,4526,1298,3462,2918,4528],"class_list":["post-44800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-phu-quoc-snorkeling-and-diving","category-save-phu-quoc","tag-boat-trip","tag-coral-species","tag-giant-clam","tag-island-hopping-tour","tag-marine-protection","tag-phu-quoc-boat-tour","tag-phu-quoc-boat-trip","tag-phu-quoc-snorkeling","tag-phuquoc-environmental-protection","tag-save-phu-quoc","tag-save-the-reef","tag-snail-comsumption","tag-snorkeling-tour","tag-snorkeling-trip","tag-sustainable-travel","tag-travel-wisely"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dtabeam.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dtabeam.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dtabeam.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dtabeam.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dtabeam.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dtabeam.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44800\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dtabeam.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dtabeam.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dtabeam.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}