The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) detained two boats for committing various offences off the east of Kampung Pangkalan, Kunak and south of Pulau Timbun Mata.

The state government should consider increasing fines or even imprisonment for those found guilty of damaging coral reefs.

Recordings of healthy fish are being transmitted to attract heat-tolerant larvae back to degraded reefs in the Maldives

The Air and Water Police Unit (Satpolairud) of West Manggarai called on coastal residents of Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), to not use illegal explosives, fish bombs, and fishing gear while at sea.

Around 134kg of fish, believed to have been caught using explosives, was seized from a market in Sabah’s Kunak district during a three-day operation.

More serious action is needed to tackle fish bombing in Sabah Semporna, says state Tourism, Culture and Environment minister Datuk Christina Liew.

A fisherman believed to have been using explosives to catch fish was arrested at Gaya Island, a 10-minute boat ride from here.

The rampant illegal fishing activities in the seas off Quezon province are now taking their toll on marine species, an environmentalist group warned on Sunday.

Two fishermen have been arrested on suspicion of using explosives to catch fish off Labuan.

Two men were nabbed for suspected fish bombing and spearfishing activities in waters off Pulau Sepanggar near here.

The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has seized four boats believed to be involved in fish-bombing activities off Sabah’s east coast Semporna district.

Blast or dynamite fishing persists in northern Iloilo, according to Provincial Administrator Raul Banias. But he clarified that the culprits were mostly fisherfolk from other provinces.