Sabah Agriculture and Food Industry Minister Datuk Junz Wong said the problem of rampant fish blasting/bombing activities in the State’s waters can be minimised, if not totally eradicated, once the socio-economic conditions of the State’s fishing community have improved.  

Thus, he said, Sabah needs a far more holistic plan for improving the socio-economic conditions of the fishing community in the State, which his ministry through the State Fisheries Department is currently working on, in collaboration with the United Nations and international non-governmental organisations (NGOs).   

“The current study on the socio-economic conditions of the State’s fishing community will help in formulating the required holistic plan for improving the fishermen’s socio-economic conditions. 

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