LAHAD DATU: Two fishermen were detained for alleged involvement in fish bombing activities off Pantai Sungai Merah here.

The Enhance Control Movement Order by the local authorities have had a significant effect to the island communities that need to go out to fish daily to feed their families.

While visiting the northern islands in Sabah one of our team members spoke with a village chief of the Bajau Laut about how the bombers are organized and other ways they are affecting village life.

A woman 'towkay' was among four people arrested by the marine police in an operation against fish bombing activities here, yesterday.

The marine police have denied a survey which claimed that most fish bombing cases in Sabah were committed by children.

UK native James Morgan was studying photography in London when he read about a group of seafaring Southeast Asian nomads who had survived the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami with almost no casualties.

ShotSpotter has two environmental initiatives which have shown great technical promise – protecting rhinos in Africa from poaching and locating fish bomb blasts in the tropics.

The Sama Dilaut (also known as Bajau Laut) are a largely stateless maritime community living in the coastal region of the east Malaysian state of Sabah.

The Bajau Laut are highly dependent on marine resources both for family consumption and sale. Fishing and gleaning is a way of life for this community and defines their socio-economic and cultural well-being.

Fishing and gleaning in the area now within the 350km Tun Sakaran Marine Park has caused stocks of reef fish and other edible species to fall to low levels. Efforts are now being made to reduce exploitation of marine resources in order to protect biodiversity and allow stocks to recover.