Two fishermen have been arrested on suspicion of using explosives to catch fish off Labuan.

The Sabah government has pledged to undertake several management plans on environmental preservation and conservation as well as green sustainability.

The Integrated Reef Protection System (IRPS) uses the cloud to connect underwater acoustic arrays, the M2 smart radar with high resolution camera and drone, covert hydrophones, real-time hydrophones and sound traps, and boat mounted sensors with the smartphone "Respond App” to displays blast location in minutes for enforcement officials to protect fragile Marine Protected Areas.

Securing a vast area like the ocean requires cutting-edge technology to monitor illegal activities and safeguard aquatic species. What are the latest innovations being deployed to conserve protected areas of the ocean?

A challenging year but progress was made despite Covid restricted movement in both Kota Kinabalu and Bay Area.

While visiting the northern islands in Sabah one of our team members spoke with a village chief of the Bajau Laut about how the bombers are organized and other ways they are affecting village life.

Sabah marine authorities are urged to take stern action against fish bombers after allegations that such activities are becoming rampant again.

The diving fraternity here is hoping coral reefs around the Mantanani Islands will be better protected and promoted by the authorities.

Sabah Parks has set the goal of 13% gazetting of coastal areas by 2023. The ambitious plan will increase the protected areas from the current 7.4%.

Sabah Parks Enforcement Unit has detained a pump boat and a kayak operated by four suspects at Gaya Island (Tanjung Wokong) of Tunku Abdul Rahman Park on 15 April 2020.

KOTA KINABALU: The installation of four fish bomb detectors in Kota Kinabalu waters, including the Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park, is seen as a right step towards keeping an eye on fish bombing activities in the area.

Sabah Agriculture and Food Industry Minister Datuk Junz Wong said the problem of rampant fish blasting/bombing activities in the State’s waters can be minimised, if not totally eradicated, once the socio-economic conditions of the State’s fishing community have improved.