Beyond The Bombs: A Holistic Approach To Stopping Fish Bombing
The opening phases of Stop Fish Bombing’s plans have been primarily working with and developing technology that could accurately detect and report on fish bombing activities in real time. We have reduced fish bombing in areas covered by our arrays by 80% and started development of IRPS2 that will provide mobile sensors to follow the bombers. Now that our Integrated Reef Protection System has us on the path to a technological solution, we have begun to turn our focus on to a more holistic approach.
This means we need to spend more time and energy on connecting with other NGOs, local community leaders, educators, and Government officials to both educate on the problem of fish bombing and that the IRPS can be a huge step towards eradicating the bombing.
To that end over the past few months SFB USA and SFB MY have been conducting more outreach.
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The European Commission – Community Action for Fish-Bomb-Free Semporna Seas, Sabah, was successful and the contract is due to be signed by the end of this month, with a start in January 2023. It’s a 4-year programme with Semporna Island Project as lead and WWF as co-applicant. As the title implies, the main focus is on Community, but technology / monitoring fish bombs is also included. The budget will contribute to fish bomb data analysis and cover field staff/boats to maintain existing sensors.
Above is SFB Malaysia’s Terence Lim meeting and briefing to the Sabah Land Application Approval Team, this is to brief them on the extent of damage to the corals and marine life caused by Fish Bombing on 8 December 2022.
Above is the photo of Terence meeting up with the Sabah Internal Affairs and Research Secretary, ESSCOM (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Sabah_Security_Command), Police, Sabah Fishery, and Sabah Parks personnel on 7 December 2022 at the Sabah Chief Ministers Office.
SFB USA team (above) joined the David Brower Center for their gala for Pristine Seas. Get details on the exhibition at https://browercenter.org/exhibit/pristine-seas/
Above is Terence presenting at WWF-Malaysia 50th Anniversary Conservation Conference in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. Click here to see part of his presentation.
Above is Terence briefing and explanation to Marine Faculty Students at University Sabah Malaysia on 7 November 2022. https://www.ums.edu.my/ipmbv2/en