Fish bombing activities in one of Sabah’s diving havens of Semporna have reduced significantly over the past three years, thanks to real-time bomb-detecting devices.

Marine conservationist Terence Lim from the Stop Fish Bombing Malaysia non-governmental organisation said this device was put to use in Semporna in 2020, and it has since reduced the number of cases by about 80%.

He said when the device detects an explosion underwater, it would send an alert to the NGO database and they would immediately share the information including the Global Positioning System (GPS) location to the authorities.

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