The impact of Sejingkat coal-fired power plant on fish fauna and fisheries in Sungai Sarawak

Study on the impact of Sejingkat Coal-fired Power Plant on the fish fauna and fisheries of Sungai Sarawak was carried out in December 2005 until March 2006. Sejingkat Coal-Fired Power Plant is the first project of it type in Sarawak and is operated for electricity need of industries in Kuching. T...

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Main Author: Jubin, Ak Hilton Muda
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Language:English
Published: 2006
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spelling my-unimas-ir.148402023-05-26T03:00:56Z The impact of Sejingkat coal-fired power plant on fish fauna and fisheries in Sungai Sarawak 2006 Jubin, Ak Hilton Muda SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling Study on the impact of Sejingkat Coal-fired Power Plant on the fish fauna and fisheries of Sungai Sarawak was carried out in December 2005 until March 2006. Sejingkat Coal-Fired Power Plant is the first project of it type in Sarawak and is operated for electricity need of industries in Kuching. This study was carried out through sampling of fish fauna and survey based on questionnaires carried out on the local inhabitants of Kampung Senari, Kampung Goebilt and Kampung Muara Tebas. A total of 22 species of fish from 18 families and 4 species of crustacean from 2 families were recorded from Sungai Sarawak. A daily catch of 170 kg was reported for Kampung Senari, 785 kg for Kampung Goebilt and 870 kg for Kampung Muara Tebas. The result showed that there is minimal impact of Sejingkat Coal-Fired Power Plant on the fish fauna and fisheries of Sungai Sarawak. It could be postulated that the water used in the cooling of the turbine system and then discharged into Sungai Sarawak did not have significant impact on the aquatic life in Sungai Sarawak. Therefore, impacts, if any are localized to a small area closed to the discharge outlet. This may be due largely to the tidal influence of Sungai Sarawak whereby heated water discharge into the river is well diluted. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2006 Thesis http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/14840/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/14840/1/Jubin.pdf text en validuser masters Universiti Malaysia Sarawak Faculty Of Resource Science and Technology
institution Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
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language English
topic SH Aquaculture
Fisheries
Angling
spellingShingle SH Aquaculture
Fisheries
Angling
Jubin, Ak Hilton Muda
The impact of Sejingkat coal-fired power plant on fish fauna and fisheries in Sungai Sarawak
description Study on the impact of Sejingkat Coal-fired Power Plant on the fish fauna and fisheries of Sungai Sarawak was carried out in December 2005 until March 2006. Sejingkat Coal-Fired Power Plant is the first project of it type in Sarawak and is operated for electricity need of industries in Kuching. This study was carried out through sampling of fish fauna and survey based on questionnaires carried out on the local inhabitants of Kampung Senari, Kampung Goebilt and Kampung Muara Tebas. A total of 22 species of fish from 18 families and 4 species of crustacean from 2 families were recorded from Sungai Sarawak. A daily catch of 170 kg was reported for Kampung Senari, 785 kg for Kampung Goebilt and 870 kg for Kampung Muara Tebas. The result showed that there is minimal impact of Sejingkat Coal-Fired Power Plant on the fish fauna and fisheries of Sungai Sarawak. It could be postulated that the water used in the cooling of the turbine system and then discharged into Sungai Sarawak did not have significant impact on the aquatic life in Sungai Sarawak. Therefore, impacts, if any are localized to a small area closed to the discharge outlet. This may be due largely to the tidal influence of Sungai Sarawak whereby heated water discharge into the river is well diluted.
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author Jubin, Ak Hilton Muda
author_facet Jubin, Ak Hilton Muda
author_sort Jubin, Ak Hilton Muda
title The impact of Sejingkat coal-fired power plant on fish fauna and fisheries in Sungai Sarawak
title_short The impact of Sejingkat coal-fired power plant on fish fauna and fisheries in Sungai Sarawak
title_full The impact of Sejingkat coal-fired power plant on fish fauna and fisheries in Sungai Sarawak
title_fullStr The impact of Sejingkat coal-fired power plant on fish fauna and fisheries in Sungai Sarawak
title_full_unstemmed The impact of Sejingkat coal-fired power plant on fish fauna and fisheries in Sungai Sarawak
title_sort impact of sejingkat coal-fired power plant on fish fauna and fisheries in sungai sarawak
granting_institution Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
granting_department Faculty Of Resource Science and Technology
publishDate 2006
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