Fishing activities and effects of seasonal monsoon towards shrimp and fish landing in proposed Tun Mustapha Park, Kudat, Sabah
The northern part of Sabah has been proposed as Tun Mustapha Park (TMP) since 2003. Establishment of the park essentially required information on the marine resources and fisheries activities within the area. Therefore, the objectives of this study are to access fishing activities and their impacts...
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2014
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| Online Access: | https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/38935/1/24%20PAGES.pdf https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/38935/2/FULLTEXT.pdf |
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| Summary: | The northern part of Sabah has been proposed as Tun Mustapha Park (TMP) since 2003. Establishment of the park essentially required information on the marine resources and fisheries activities within the area. Therefore, the objectives of this study are to access fishing activities and their impacts on endangered species, to identify potential fishing area and to determine the influence of seasonal monsoon on fishing operation. The study was carried out through the analysis of data from the Annual Fisheries Statistics (Kudat District) of the Department of Fisheries Sabah and meteorological data (wind and rainfall data) from Department of Meteorology Malaysia from 2000 to 2010, and a combination of survey interviews and observing trips on fishing boats. Survey interviews were conducted from October 2007 to October 2008 (one year) and were interviewed 79 fishers operating with gill nets; 95 and 41 fishers working on board shrimp trawl net and fish trawl net boats. Based on the information gathered from the gill net users via interview, onboard observations on 116 gill net fishing field trips were carried out between October 2008 and March 2009 (during Northeast Monsoon) near the main town of Banggi, Karakit and coastal villages. A decrease in landing for a 10 year period was recorded for both shrimp and fish trawler while the landing for gillnets has increased. The shrimp landing in Kudat were higher during the Northeast monsoon (average of 603.2 tonnes) than during the Southwest monsoon (average of 249.6 tonnes) while the landings for fish trawlers and gillnets are less affected by the monsoon seasons. Results indicated that gillnets operated within the waters of the islands of TMP while the shrimp and fish trawlers operated from Kudat and trawl in TMP waters. The important fishing ground for all three gears depended on the distance of the fishing ground from the port and the abundance of catch in that area, this was concluded as most of the important fishing ground are located near the ports and has mangroves, seagrass beds or corals nearby. The fishing grounds are overlapping between the three fishing gears and all gears have effects on turtle which is known as one of endangered marine species in Malaysia. Accidental turtle catch is relatively higher in gill nets (66.1%) compared to shrimp (25.9%) and fish (8%) trawl net boats.The information gathered from this study supports the establishment of the proposed TMP, that is, planning and future management plan of the park. |
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