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The Fisheries Act 1985 (Malay: Akta Perikanan 1985) is a Malaysian federal act relating to the administration and management of fisheries, including the conservation and development of maritime and estuarine fishing and fisheries in Malaysia waters, protection to aquatic mammals and turtles and riverine fishing in Malaysia and to matters connected to establishment of marine parks and marine ...
Malaysia and Vietnam have both been increasing maritime controls recently, making trafficking by fishing boats riskier. Malaysian authorities have also had success in catching poachers and have substantially increased punishments for wildlife crime in recent years, though the study also found that the managers who send the teams into the ...
The protest was over the "presence and activities" of Chinese vessels, including a survey vessel, in Malaysia's Exclusive Economic Zone off the coasts of the eastern states of Sabah and Sarawak ...
The region is estimated to contain approximately 35% of the world’s mangrove species and over 45% of the world’s seagrass species. [3] The shipping industry has multiple damaging impacts on marine habitats and wildlife, [ 2 ] such as pollution from port actives, oil spills ballast and bilge discharge, waste dumping from ships and direct ...
The Guang Da Xing No. 28 incident was a fatal shooting incident that occurred on 9 May 2013 involving the 15-ton Taiwanese fishing boat Guang Da Xing No. 28 and the 90-ton Philippine Coast Guard patrol boat Maritime Control Surveillance 3001, [2] resulting in the death of a 65-year old Taiwanese fisherman Hung Shih-cheng (洪石成) by gunfire from the Philippine vessel.
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Six Chinese fishing boats were found to be violating Vanuatu's fisheries law after being inspected by local police who were on board the first U.S. Coast Guard boat to patrol the ...
Malaysia claims an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of 334,671 km 2 (129,217 sq mi) with 200 nautical miles (370.4 km; 230.2 mi) from its shores. The EEZ includes much of the southern area of the South China Sea. [1] Malaysia has the 29th longest coastline of 4,675 km (2,905 mi). The coastline comprises two distinct parts of Malaysia.
Malaysian authorities were working Monday to salvage a 45-year-old fast attack naval ship that sank after it struck an unknown underwater object. The navy said in a statement that a leak was first ...