Development potential of marine recreational fisheries in Malaysia with reference to fishing waters and fish species


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Mohd Zaki Mohd Said, . and Ahmad Nadzri Mohd Hassan, . (1997) Development potential of marine recreational fisheries in Malaysia with reference to fishing waters and fish species. [Proceedings Paper]

Abstract

Recently the trend of recreation in Malaysia has maneuvered towards nature where more tourists are spending their leisure times with the environment. The industry is beginning to establish in Malaysia although it has been well developed in advanced countries. Visit Malaysia Year 1990 campaign had succeeded in bringing about more than 4 million tourists contributing an excess of RM7 billion to the Gross National Product. It is with the subsequent development and much promotion of ecotourism or nature-based tourism that tourists are more attracted to natural recources such as forests rivers beaches and islands. Malaysias 4 809 km stretch of coastline with a number of national park-gazetted islands surrounded with coral reefs have tremendous aquatourism potential which is yet to be fully developed. Within ecotourism recreational or sport fishing has beginning to receive wider popularity. There are over 400 species of marine fish in Malaysian tropical waters some of which are well sought after by sport fishermen due to their active responses.


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Abstract

Recently the trend of recreation in Malaysia has maneuvered towards nature where more tourists are spending their leisure times with the environment. The industry is beginning to establish in Malaysia although it has been well developed in advanced countries. Visit Malaysia Year 1990 campaign had succeeded in bringing about more than 4 million tourists contributing an excess of RM7 billion to the Gross National Product. It is with the subsequent development and much promotion of ecotourism or nature-based tourism that tourists are more attracted to natural recources such as forests rivers beaches and islands. Malaysias 4 809 km stretch of coastline with a number of national park-gazetted islands surrounded with coral reefs have tremendous aquatourism potential which is yet to be fully developed. Within ecotourism recreational or sport fishing has beginning to receive wider popularity. There are over 400 species of marine fish in Malaysian tropical waters some of which are well sought after by sport fishermen due to their active responses.

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Item Type: Proceedings Paper
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AGROVOC Term: FISHERIES
AGROVOC Term: TOURISM
AGROVOC Term: FISH
AGROVOC Term: SPECIES
AGROVOC Term: FISHING OPERATIONS
AGROVOC Term: RECREATION
AGROVOC Term: MALAYSIA
Geographical Term: MALAYSIA
Depositing User: Ms. Norfaezah Khomsan
Last Modified: 24 Apr 2025 05:27
URI: http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16005

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