SUNGAI PETAGAS PROJECT

Transcription

1

2 SUNGAI PETAGAS PROJECT PROJECT BACKGROUND Decline in fisheries has been caused by overfishing, habitat degradation, water pollution and climate change. This decline will eventually lead to food security problems. To offset the problem, stock enhancement (sea ranching) has been one of the strategies practiced by some of aquaculture institutions to sustain the fisheries production on long term basis. Petagas river is located at the center of Kota Kinabalu City has been way too far different with its appearance in about 40 years ago. Nowadays, the rivers oriented with high degree of pollution and affected the fisheries resources in the river. Main producer countries of Macrobrachium rosenbergii (source: google) The project of Borneo Marine Research Institute (BMRI) community programmed involves the ranching of Giant Freshwater prawn in the Petagas river and community awareness campaign. Juveniles of the Giant Freshwater prawn were reared in the BMRI shrimp hatchery first before the suitable size were picked and released in the river. Long-term stocking will increase the population of the M. rosenbergii in the river as well as sosio-economic of the Petagas river.in order to ensure the success of stocking efforts, the water quality of the river must be improves. A series of awareness campaign are organized mainly to change the mentality of the public towards conserving the health of Petagas River. The mission of this project is towards the beautification of Petagas River as well as its fisheries resources.

3 FEATURED RESEARCH PROJECT COMMUNITY PROJECT The Borneo Marine Research Institute (BMRI) has initiated a community programme involves the ranching of juveniles of Giant Freshwater prawn in the Petagas river and community awareness campaign. Juveniles of the Giant Freshwater prawn were reared in the BMRI shrimp hatchery first before the suitable size were picked and released in the river. Long-term stocking can improve the socio-economic of the Petagas people as this effort will increase the population of the M. rosenbergii in the river and after a period of time, the fishermen community in Petagas eventually can harvest the prawn by themselves. In order to ensure the success of the stocking efforts, water quality of the river must be improved. A series of awareness campaign are organized mainly to change the mentality of the public towards conserving the health of Petagas River. Juveniles

4 TAGAL SYSTEM The Tagal system is a local and traditional approach to biosphere management in Sabah. It is also known as bombon which means do not in Kadazan dusun language. The system has been developed to limit the utilisation of the natural resources in order to ensure the continuous production of aquatic resources, especially, the inland fish. Today, the local community has started to integrate the system into its tourism industry. This paper is about the influence and contribution of the tagal system as a tourism product to the community of Sungai Petagas. Primary data were collected via a preliminary study at the study area involving field observations and interviews with local key informants. Generally, the study found that this system was capable of functioning as a concrete tourism product in ways that were beneficial in terms of environmental management, economic development and as social development of the local community Tagal system is the system of prohibiting any of fishing activities at the area involved in the river. This system was launched on 18 th January 2014 by YB Datuk Seri Panglima Yahya Hussin, Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry and Deputy Chief Minister of Sabah. This system is important to this project as it helps in boosting the production of releasing prawn in the Petagas River. Project location

5 SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT TAGAL SYSTEM ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION THE POPULATION AND ECONOMY

6 RESEARCH FUNDING The project of Borneo Marine Research Institute (BMRI) community programmed receive grant funding from the Ministry Of Higher Education. There are three grants that been use for the project which is, Knowledge Transfer Programme (KTP), Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS), and Skim Penyelidikan Bidang Keutamaan (SBK). The objective is to provide research support to all lecturers / researchers UMT includes funding applications, finance, intellectual property, publishing and publicity within and outside the country efficiently and effectively to achieve the goals as renowned research university. GRANT TITLE DURATION AMOUNT Best Practices In The Ranching Of The Giant River Prawn Macrobrachium Rosenbergii In Sungai Petagas, Sabah- A Community- Based Enhancement programme - KTP Distribution and abundance, trophoc structure and habitat preferences of Macrobrachium rosenbergii (Giant freshwater prawn) in Petagas River, Putatan Sabah - FRGS Environmental Profile of Petagas River and Estuary, Effectiveness of Shrimp Stock Enhancement and Community Awareness - SBK JULY 2013 JUN 2014 RM 138, MAY 2013 APRIL 2015 OCT 2012 OCT 2014 RM 118, RM50,000.00

7 PROJECT LEADER AND MEMBERS UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH Prof. Datin Seri Panglima Dr. Hjh. Ann Anton Project Leader B. Sc. (Malaya), M. Sc. (Waterloo), Ph. D. (Ohio State) Tel: (DL), ext.: 2562 Fax: Dr. Annita Yong Seok Kian Co- Researcher B. Sc. Conservation Biology (Hons), M. Sc. Aquaculture (UMS), Ph.D. (Kinki) Expertise: Aquaculture Tel: ext.: 2589 Fax: Dr. John Madin Co- Researcher B. Sc. (Hons) Coastal Resource and Marine Biology (UM), Ph. D. (UM) Tel: ext.: 2591 Fax: Dr. Faihanna Ching Abdullah Co- Researcher B. Sc. Aquaculture (UMS), M. Sc. Aquaculture (UMS), Ph.D (Kinki University) Tel: ext.: 2585 Fax:

8 Flora Anne Asalin Member B.Sc. Geology (Hons) UMS Curator Tel: ext.: 2332 Fax: Ismail Tajul Member B. Sc. Conservation Biology (Hons), UMS Science Officer Tel: ext.: 2632 Fax: Liew Chun Vivien Member Senior Science Officer Tel: ext.: 2586 Fax: vivien@ums.edu.my Ajahar Abdul Sahar Member Marine Assistant Tel: ext.: 2691 Fax: ajahar@ums.edu.my

9 STUDENTS Mohd Samsul Rohizad bin Maidin Postgraduate Student B.Sc (Marine Science) Preparing in M.Sc (Fisheries) Tel: ext.: 2626 Fax: Marthelreda Choo Mei Lee Postgraduate Student B.Sc Social (Geography) Preparing in M.Sc Social (Geography) Tel: ext.: 2626 Fax: Nina Maryam Binti Bakthiar Bathie Undergraduate Student Tel: ext.: 2626 Fax: PEJABAT DAERAH PUTATAN Tuan Hj. Ag. Abd. Ghani Pg. Yusoff District Officer Tel.: Fax: Puan Rohana Personal Assistant to District Officer Tel.: (0), (HP) Fax: En. Hassan Mahali Assistant District Officer Tel.: / 02, Hassan.Mahali@sabah.gov.my Pejabat Daerah Putatan Fax: Emel: pnpt.dkptn@sabah.gov.my Website:

10 ACTIVITIES No. Date Activities April 2012 Phase 1 : releasing 4,000 Juveniles 2. 6 December 2012 Phase 2 : releasing 6000 Juveniles Awareness campaign (Kg. Petagas) September 2013 Phase 3: Releasing 10,000 Juveniles. Awareness Campaign (Kg. Petagas) January 2014 Community service gotong royong January 2014 Launching of Tagal System Sg. Petagas Releasing 3,000 Juveniles February 2014 Short visit by Kg Petagas Community members to IPMB July 2014 Awareness Campaign and Iftar ACTIV

11 FACILITIES FISH HATCHERY SHRIMP HATCHERY RESEARCH LABORATORY

12 PICTURE GALLERY Date: 23 April 2014 Event: Phase 1 - Releasing 4,000 Juvenile Venue: Dewan Serbaguna Kampung Muhibbah, Putatan

13 Date: 6 December 2014 Event: Phase 2 - Releasing 6,000 Juvenile and Awareness Campaign Venue: Dewan Raya Petagas

14 Date: 22 September 2013 Event: Phase 3 - Releasing 10,000 Juveniles and Awareness Campaign Venue: Dewan Raya Petagas Date: 12 & 18 January 2014 Event: Community service (Gotong Royong), Launching of the Tagal system and releasing 3000 Juveniles Venue: Sg. Petagas Putatan

15 Date: 19 February 2014 Event: Petagas Community visit to Borneo Marine Research Institute, UMS Venue: Borneo Marine Research Institute, UMS Date: 11 July 2014 Event: Awareness campaign and iftar with student of SMK Putatan Venue: SMK Putatan