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dc.contributor.authorRamli, Mohd Najib
dc.contributor.authorHiew, Kevin W. P.
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-12T09:51:54Z
dc.date.available2019-11-12T09:51:54Z
dc.date.issued1999
dc.identifier.citationRamli, M. N., & Hiew, K. W. P. (1999). Marine turtle management, conservation and protection programme in Malaysia. In Report of the SEAFDEC-ASEAN Regional Workshop on Sea Turtle Conservation on Management (pp. 122-130). Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia: Marine Fishery Resources Development and Management Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center.en
dc.identifier.isbn9839114107
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12561/1122
dc.description.abstractMalaysia has since long been involved in turtle management, conservation and protection. Turtle survival in Malaysia is being threatened by among others, commercial exploitation, habitat destruction, fisheries interaction and marine pollution. At the federal level, the Fisheries Act 1985 serves as the primary legislation for the protection of fisheries and also provides for the inclusion of turtle conservation and management. Four species of marine turtles found in Peninsular Malaysia are confirmed to nest: Dermochelys coreacea, Chelonia mydas, Eretmochelys imbricata and Lepidochelys olivacea.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherMarine Fishery Resources Development and Management Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Centeren
dc.subjectLepidochelys olivacea
dc.subjectChelonia mydas
dc.subjectDermochelys coriacea
dc.subjectEretmochelys imbricata
dc.subjectMalaysiaen
dc.titleMarine turtle management, conservation and protection programme in Malaysiaen
dc.typeConference paperen
dc.citation.spage122
dc.citation.epage130
dc.subject.asfaresource managementen
dc.subject.asfamarine resourcesen
dc.subject.asfaProtected resourcesen
dc.subject.asfaresource conservationen
dc.subject.asfanestingen
dc.subject.asfaaquatic reptilesen
dc.subject.asfaenvironmental legislationen
dc.citation.conferenceTitleReport of the SEAFDEC-ASEAN Regional Workshop on Sea Turtle Conservation on Managementen


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