The country report of the Malaysia: Status of the marine fisheries with assessments of potential yields from the coastal marine fisheries resources of Malaysia

Abstract

Presented in this paper are the statuses of marine fisheries in west and east coasts of Malaysia. Moreover, if provides data on catch landings of demersal and pelagic species, semi-pelagic species, pelagic schooling species such as chub, mackerel, anchovies, tunas, sardine and herrings, trevally, round scad and yellow banded scad, prawns and the minor group comprising shrimps, crabs, squids, and cuttle-fish, bivalves and molluscs.