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Memories of childhood fishing adventures

‘I can really fish… I’ve been fishing since I was a little kid.’ — American professional football player, Deion Sanders.  Since I was a small boy, I have enjoyed fishing, whether it’s during the day or at night. Daylight fishing involved using a rod, net, or a specially woven basket called ‘pemansai,’ which was typically seen […]

SAR operation underway for two anglers missing in Labuan waters

LABUAN: Local enforcement agencies have launched a search and rescue (SAR) operation after two anglers were reported missing during a fishing trip yesterday afternoon. A Fire and Rescue Department spokesman said the missing individuals, identified as Yasin Omar, 20, and Mohd Shah Nazmin, 19, embarked on a journey in a small boat for a fishing […]

The vanishing path

‘Memory is the diary we all carry about with us.’ – Oscar Wilde (1854-1900); an Irish author, poet, and playwright IT was a warm night one Saturday in 1964, and I had decided to spend the early part of it fishing at my favourite spots along the lower part of a mountain stream that flows […]

Local fishing vessels detained for fishery zone violation

BINTULU: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has apprehended three local fishing boats suspected of breaching valid licence conditions by conducting fishing activities outside the authorised area. The incident took place at approximately 5.60 nautical miles from Mukah Beach, around 11am last Thursday (June 29). Bintulu Maritime Zone director Maritime Captain Mohd Khairol Anuar Saad […]

Fishing can be addictive

If you have the virtue of patience, an hour or two of casting alone is plenty of time to review all you’ve learned about the grand themes of life. – Carl Safina, American ecologist and author Today, I will stay clear of politics or controversial topics and write on my favourite hobby – angling, or […]

Body of missing fisherman found

KAPIT: The body of a man who was reported missing after a fishing trip turned tragic on Wednesday (May 25), was found in the river at Nanga Merirai today. A spokesman from the Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department operations centre said the victim identified as Julius Melina, 36, was found around 4.10pm. “The body was […]

Teenagers looking for fishing spot but found body instead

PADAWAN: A group of teenagers made a gruesome find when they came across a dead body near a water tower at MJC, Batu Kawa on Friday (Feb 18). Padawan OCPD Supt Abang Zainal Abidin Abang Ahmad, who confirmed the case, said the discovery was made by 11 teenagers, who were looking for a fishing spot, […]

Dialogue to clear fishing boundary confusion

MIRI: Following the confusion over the boundaries for fishing activities within the Miri-Sibuti Coral Reef National Park, a dialogue was held on Monday (Jan 17). The meeting was chaired by Sarawak Transport Minister Datuk Seri Lee Kim Shin. It involved the Sarawak Fishing Vessels Association (SFVA), the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA), the Department of Marine Fisheries […]

Fishing trip takes a wrong turn

KANOWIT: A fishing trip took a wrong turn after a fisherman had a spear pierced to his back following an alleged misfire from his fishing gun on Thursday (July 22). It was made to understand that the victim, in his 20s, was promptly rushed to Kanowit Hospital by his family members. At about 9.10am, the […]

Two foreign fishing boats detained

BINTULU: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Bintulu Zone on Thursday detained two foreign fishing boats along with its 25 crew members about 87 nautical miles northwest of Kuala Kemena. Acting director of MMEA Bintulu Zone Commander Maritime Effendy Mohamed Fadil said the arrests were made by the patrolling asset at the area, known to […]