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Deployment of Phase 1 of artificial reef completed

By Gabriel Lihan & Natasha Jee KUCHING: Sarawak has finally completed phase one of the deployment of the artificial reefs.  Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg witnessed the deployment of the last of the 16,800 reef balls to mark the completion of the phase.  Phase one of the deployment is a cluster […]

Artificial reefs promise fishermen better future

MUKAH:  Local fishermen are expected to enjoy better sea harvest in future once the additional 65 units of artificial reefs have been deployed in the sea here. There are two types of artificial reefs to be deployed at the sea off Mukah River estuary and Penipah sea respectively. These include 25 units of trawler fishing-stoppers […]

Artificial reefs programme to deploy in Mukah

MUKAH: Some 13,102 units of artificial reefs of various types worth RM6 million have been deployed in the seas in Mukah division since 2006 up till now. Balingian assemblyman Abdul Yakub Arbi said the various types of the artificial reefs included the reef balls, cuboids, trawling fishing-stoppers, recreation and used tyres. According to him, 300 […]

The world’s longest

KUCHING: The artificial reef along Sarawak’s coastline from Tanjung Datu until Lawas is the longest in the world, said Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg. He revealed this when officiating at the deployment of 1,100 artificial reef balls in the Sempadi-Tanjung Datu coastal waters at Kem Putra Sentosa in Sematan on Monday (Oct […]