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

The dangerous practice of fish bombing is not letting up in Sabah any time soon.

The state government is looking beyond tightened enforcement to solve the rampant fish bombing activities in Sabah, says Datuk Junz Wong.

Watch our video on the destructive fish bombing practice and how we plan on stopping it.

The Kota Kinabalu Marine Police Force (PPM) detained two men and seized a boat, on suspicion of being involved in fish bombing activities in Pulau Gaya on Friday (Nov 15).

The coast of Malaysian Borneo is renowned for its coral reefs and world class diving. But because of plummeting fish stocks, local fishermen desperate for a catch are resorting to dangerous and illegal strategies – even using explosives.

There is growing interest in the relatively time-consuming, complex and expensive process of growing coral fragments in nurseries for transplant back into the wild.

Sabah, Malaysia: George Woodman’s first experience of fish bombing in Sabah—a Malaysian state in the northern part of the island of Borneo—was in 1994 during an underwater survey of the area’s renowned coral reefs.

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.

Malaysia is a treasure trove of shark and ray diversity, with many endemic species valuable to the natural heritage and ecology, and with increasing value to the Malaysian economy that extends beyond fishing. As the population increases and more people rely on the oceans for food, managing marine food resource sustainably is increasingly urgent.

Nothing beats dynamite fishing for sheer efficiency.

Marine life face threats from many different human activities, including fishing, habitat destruction and man-made noise. Underwater sound is well studied and understood but can now be modeled so that the results from the models reflect both the physical factors and the biological responses in an integrated way.