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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 ...
LIFT HUB map. The Port of Kuala Sungai Linggi (Malay: Pelabuhan Kuala Sungai Linggi), [1] or Sungai Linggi [2] commercially known as Linggi International Floating Transshipment and Trading Hub (LIFT-HUB), is a transshipment area for liquid bulk transshipments and break-bulking [clarification needed] from western regions such as the Middle East to eastern regions or Australia located offshore ...
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 summoned the Chinese ambassador to Kuala Lumpur on Monday to express its protest against the "encroachment" into its waters by Beijing's vessels, the foreign ministry said. The protest ...
The Peruvian government implemented a national fishing Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) in 1998 to monitor and track all fishing vessels in its Exclusive Economic Zone. One of the first major VMS system's in the world, the system continues to operate today and is a reference for other countries wishing to implement similar fisheries management ...
In 2007, an estimated 13.7 million barrels per day were transported through the strait, increasing to an estimated 15.2 million barrels per day in 2011. [13] In addition, it is also one of the world's most congested shipping choke points because it narrows to only 2.8 km (1.5 nautical miles) wide at the Phillip Channel (close to southern ...
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Global Fishing Watch enables users with Internet access to monitor fishing activity globally, and to view "individual vessel tracks, exclusive economic zones, marine protected areas, and other features." [2] It is hoped that the initiative can help to reduce "global overfishing, illegal fishing and habitat destruction." [3]