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Biosocioeconomics of Fishing for Shrimp in Kuala Sepetang, Malaysia-BOBP/WP/98

Year of publication 1994

Pages p.52

Author Ahmed Adnan Bin Nuruddin & Lim Chai Fong;Fishery and Aquaculture Economics and Policy Division

Product type Project

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The shrimp fishery is one of the most important components of the marine capture fishery along the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Although the percentage of shrimp by weight in the total landings in this area is not high, shrimp are important to the capture fishery due to their high value. Kuala Sepetang, in the district of Larut-Matang, is one of the main shrimp landing centres in Perak. In 1992, a research project to assess the biosocioeconomics of the shrimp fishery in this area was imple mented jointly by the Department of Fisheries, Malaysia, and the Bay of Bengal Programme (BOBP). The project involved biological and socioeconomic data-collection for a period of one year. The reporting was funded by the United Nations Development Programme. The main objectives of this project were to analyze the relative perfomances of the different shrimp fishing gear, assess their biosocioeconomics and suggest optimum levels of exploitation of the resource. The findings of the project, it is hoped, will be useful in formulating future policy guidelines and management measures with regard to the exploitation of the limited shrimp resources. The methodologies used in this project will also help to improve the capabilities of national staff in future biosocioeconomic assessments.

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