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Local fishermen up in arms over brazen intrusion, loss of livelihood
cultureandAgro-basedIndustry Ministry forthe last15 years to catch fish in Malaysian waters.
TheNSTlearntthataMalaysian syndicate was allegedly renting outthepermitstothefishermen.
“There are at least 100 Viet
namesetrawlersactivelyfishing inourwatersunchallenged.They are ableto reap hugeprofits by nettingpremium fish that fetch high prices when sold back home.”
Owingtotheirsuccessstories-, more Vietnamesefishermenare becoming bolder about ventur
ingintoourwatersanddepleting thesupplyoffishhere,headded.
tionsofVietnamesefishermen.
“Theyseemtohaveafreehand to blatantly intrude into Malaysian waters and wantonly poachourfish.
“Notonly areweaffected,but the country is also suffering a hugeloss,nottomentionthehor
rendousdamagetothebiodiver
sity,seabedandmarinelifeinour country,” said Bahiyuddin, who recently organised a protest at Dataran Shahbandar jetty in KualaTerengganu.
He addedthat the local fish
ermenwere wonderinghowthe Vietnamesefishermenwereable togetpermitsissuedbytheAgri- KUALALUMPUR： Theblatantin
trusion of Vietnamese trawlers off Peninsular Malaysia’s east coast hasdrawn the ireoflocal fishermen.
Tensofthousandsoflocalfish
ermenhaveurgedtheAgriculture andAgro-basedMinistryandoth
eragenciestotakeremedialmea
sures.
Speakingontheirbehalf,Dun- gun Fishermen’s Association boardofdirectorsrepresentative BahiyuddinAwangHarunurged theauthoritiestointervene.
“Ourlivelihoodandthatofour familieshasbeenseverelyaffect
ed by these indiscriminate ac-