Diversity of Fisheries in Sarawak, Northwest Borneo: Present Status and Conservation Issues

  • ABU HENA MUSTAFA KAMAL Faculty of Fisheries and Food Science, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2054-2398
  • ANN SINDEN Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Datuk Panglima Abdullah, Semporna, Sabah, Malaysia
  • MOHD HANAFI IDRIS Faculty of Fisheries and Food Science, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3003-4108
  • ABDULLA- AL-ASIF Department of Animal Science and Fishery, Faculty of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Bintulu Sarawak Campus, 97008 Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8274-2643
  • HADI HAMLI Department of Animal Science and Fishery, Faculty of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia Bintulu Sarawak Campus, 97008 Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8262-1710
  • NAJIAH MUSA Faculty of Fisheries and Food Science, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia
  • RUMEAIDA MAT PIAH Faculty of Fisheries and Food Science, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia
  • MOHD EFFENDY ABD WAHID Faculty of Fisheries and Food Science, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia
  • ROSLIZAWATI AB LAH Faculty of Fisheries and Food Science, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia
  • NADIAH WAN RASDI Faculty of Fisheries and Food Science, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia
  • MUYASSAR H. ABUALREESH Department of Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, King Abdul Aziz University, P.O. Box 80207, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3170-3609
  • MD KHURSHID ALAM BHUIYAN Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of Cádiz, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
  • A.M. SHAHABUDDIN Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Marine Science, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33736/bjrst.4651.2022
Keywords: Checklist, critical species, East Malaysia, fisheries diversity, Sarawak

Abstract

Information on fisheries resources in East Malaysia is scarce and poorly known. The current review aims to compile a checklist of fisheries resources in the Northwest Borneo (Sarawak, Malaysia) from available published literature, address the resources' present status, and suggest future monitoring needs for selected critical species. The study also aims to determine several Sarawak land-use issues that are in flux and responsible for habitat degradation. Five hundred sixty-four species belonging to 123 families and 32 orders were recorded from Sarawak waters. Freshwater fish species comprised 48.0% of the total, followed by a marine (36.6%), marine-euryhaline (12.9%), and brackish water (2.5%) species. Of this, Cyprinidae was the most dominant group accounting for the greatest number of species (82 species), followed by Balitoridae (34 species), Bagridae (21 species) and Penaeidae (21 species). Therefore, available fisheries resources should be managed carefully as 48 species (9.0%) are currently vulnerable to extinction. Furthermore, the presence of 20 alien species in Sarawak water bodies also requires attention from the authorities due to the potential disruption of aquatic ecological balance. Changing land use issues in Sarawak such as forest degradation, agricultural expansion, peatland deforestation and conversion, logging, destruction of mangrove forests, and construction of hydroelectric power dams and flood mitigation channels pose significant challenges to fishery management in Sarawak. Our study documents the priority of fishery monitoring and conservation in Sarawak water bodies to ensure sustainable management of fisheries resources.

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2022-06-29
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MUSTAFA KAMAL, A. H., SINDEN, A., IDRIS, M. H., AL-ASIF, A.-, HAMLI, H., MUSA, N., PIAH, R. M., WAHID, M. E. A., LAH, R. A., RASDI, N. W., ABUALREESH, M. H., BHUIYAN, M. K. A., & SHAHABUDDIN, A. (2022). Diversity of Fisheries in Sarawak, Northwest Borneo: Present Status and Conservation Issues. Borneo Journal of Resource Science and Technology, 12(1), 32-51. https://doi.org/10.33736/bjrst.4651.2022
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