Foreign fishing trawler, fishermen detained
MIRI: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) recently detained a foreign fishing trawler for encroaching and illegally fishing in Malaysian territorial waters. According to MMEA Miri director Captain Md Fauzi Othman, his enforcement team spotted and intercepted the boat about 36 nautical miles northwest of Kuala Baram around 6.15pm on Thursday. “We arrested three boat […]
The craftsmen behind the trawlers
BELADIN: Known as the largest fishing village in the state, Kampung Beladin is quite synonymous with trawlers of various sizes and shapes. There are small-sized boats for river activities up to large ones for deep sea fishing. On any given day, several trawlers are moored along the village waterfront. The cost to build a trawler, […]
