Sabah, Malaysia
People & Places: Sama Dilaut or Bajau Laut Community - Sabah, Malaysia - Kota Kinabalu - Semporna - Sipadan Island Park - Tunku Abdul Rahman Park - Tun Sakaran Marine Park
Sabah, Malaysia
One of the 13 states of Malaysia, Sabah occupies the northern part of the island of Borneo. Sabah is nearly 73,904 square kilometres (28,534 sq mi) and is surrounded by the South China Sea on the west, Sulu Sea to the northeast, and Celebes Sea to the southeast.
With a population just shy of 4 million, Sabah contains a large diversity in ethnicity, culture and language.
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Sabah has welcomed sweeping changes to fisheries laws, with stakeholders urging stricter enforcement to protect marine life and curb illegal fishing.
The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) detained two foreigners with six fish bombs following an operation off Pulau Karindingan, here, Saturday.
Firm action will be taken against the culprits responsible for a fish bombing incident at a coral reef restoration site in Pulau Selakan under the Tun Sakaran Marine Park (TSMP) in Semporna, Sabah.
Conservationists reported that fish bombing destroyed at least 10 planted star reefs and corals at a restoration site on Pulau Selakan off Semporna.
We hosted a group of dedicated students from China for a hands-on Coral Restoration workshop as part of our ongoing Stop Fish Bombing initiative.
At Stop Fish Bombing, we believe in protecting our oceans and the people who call them home.
The Sabah government will deploy more patrol teams from the Fisheries Department to curb unsustainable fishing activities in state waters.
The Department of Fisheries Sabah (DoFS) led the Anti Fish Bombing (AFB) Programme on Wednesday, bringing together government agencies, civil society, and community representatives to strengthen efforts against fish bombing.
Terence Lim and Stop Fish Bombing Malaysia have started our ocean testing of BlueBoat #1 - AKA Mata Laut (“Eyes of the Sea”).
Stop Fish Bombing Malaysia (SFBMY), in collaboration with WWF-Malaysia and the Semporna Island Project (SIP), today successfully concluded a vital workshop aimed at equipping local enforcement agencies with the skills to effectively interpret data from real-time fish bomb detection systems.