A review study of the Sungai Merbok Floating Cage Culture Project. Draft (report)
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The Project entitled “Assistance to the Malaysian Development Authority or Lembaga Kemajuan Ikan Malaysia (LKIM)” was implemented by the FAO from November 1984 to November 1985 under the financing of the FAO Technical Cooperative Programme (TCP/MAL/4403). The Project was based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The broad objective of the Project was to assist the LKIM in the preparation of a long-term plan and strategy for the development of a fishermen relocation programme. The issue of surplus fishe rmen is not a new area of concern in Malaysia. The Department of Fisheries (DOF) already indicated in 1971 that there was a surplus of about 19,300 fishermen in Peninsular Malaysia. The problem of too many fishermen in relation to the capital investment and the resources available has become more serious in recent years. In addition, the lack of institutional arrangements to prevent the inflow of new entrants into the fishing sector has accelerated the enhancement of underemployment, low product ivity and income among traditional fishermen. Fishing communities have long acted as a traditional reservoir for the unemployed. Under these circumstances, the Government has launched a programme to combat the problem of surplus fishermen with more careful planning, and realistic and systematic approaches.