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. 

The state government must come up with more serious measures to stamp out fish bombing activities within Sabah waters.

Three fishermen were killed when an unidentified suspect threw a suspected dynamite that exploded near the victims’ boat while fishing in the waters off Barangay Danao in Balud town, Masbate province on Monday evening.

Sabah Parks officially recognized Stop Fish Bombing efforts in protecting marine parks in Kota Kinabalu and Semporna in the state of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, where the fish blast detection and location system is deployed.

A woman 'towkay' was among four people arrested by the marine police in an operation against fish bombing activities here, yesterday.

The marine police have denied a survey which claimed that most fish bombing cases in Sabah were committed by children.

The dangerous practice of fish bombing is not letting up in Sabah any time soon.

The state government is looking beyond tightened enforcement to solve the rampant fish bombing activities in Sabah, says Datuk Junz Wong.

Watch our video on the destructive fish bombing practice and how we plan on stopping it.

The Kota Kinabalu Marine Police Force (PPM) detained two men and seized a boat, on suspicion of being involved in fish bombing activities in Pulau Gaya on Friday (Nov 15).

The coast of Malaysian Borneo is renowned for its coral reefs and world class diving. But because of plummeting fish stocks, local fishermen desperate for a catch are resorting to dangerous and illegal strategies – even using explosives.

There is growing interest in the relatively time-consuming, complex and expensive process of growing coral fragments in nurseries for transplant back into the wild.