KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Fisheries Department is optimistic that the state’s fisheries resources will be adequate for local consumption and export due to its growing population, said its director, Dr Ahemad Sade. Ahemad said individual fish protein consumption was expected to grow from 45kg per year in 2015 to 55kg in 2020. Among the strategies the department uses to manage fish resources at the nation’s seas and rivers, include enforcement and conservation efforts. While for rivers, under the Sabah Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Enactment 2003, it is the department’s jurisdiction to prevent people from using destructive methods to catch fish. Other conservation methods, include building artificial reefs, releasing more fish into rivers and sea areas, as well as implementing ecosystem-based fisheries management.

Source: New Strait Times November 09, 2017 23:37 UTC