TUN MUSTAPHA PARK FIP
REEF FISHES FIP IN MARUDU BAY, TUN MUSTAPHA PARK, SABAH
The reef fish Fishery Improvement Project (FIP) is located at Marudu Bay, Tun Mustapha Park (TMP) in Sabah, covering 100,000 hectares of area. There are 13 villages involved in this project which are located in: Kudat, Kota Marudu and Pitas.
This project focuses on reef fishes mainly on groupers, trevally and snappers which are caught using traditional fishing gears, such as hook and line, and gillnet. Approximately 500 fishermen will be positively impacted from this project.
The FIP project improves fishery sustainability via three key principles: sustainable fish stocks, minimum environmental impacts, and effective fishery management. The FIP progress is monitored and tracked using the Benchmarking Monitoring Tool (BMT). The BMT shows the progress and status of each FIP principle, all FIP components (under the 3 FIP principles) and the overall scoring trendline.
Overall, 17 components from the 3 principles have passed with conditions in blue (needing some improvement) while 11 components in red have not yet met the FIP requirements. Hence, more activities and strategies improvement are needed for better scoring.
As of 2021, reef fish Tun Mustapha Park FIP scored 0.30 out of 1 for BMT scoring. It is expected that in 2022, this FIP will achieve 0.57 scoring, showing 57% improvement of the fishery.
Sabah Parks, Department of Fisheries Malaysia, Department of Fisheries Sabah, WWF-Malaysia, Fisheries Development Authority Malaysia, Ko-Nelayan Kudat, District Office Kudat, District Office Kota Marudu, District Office Pitas, Marine Police Kudat, Malaysia Maritime enforcement Agency, Sabah Wildlife Department, Sabah Port and Harbour Department, Marine Department, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Coral Triangle Initiative Sabah, Environment Protection Department Sabah, Lands and Surveys Department, Ministry of Rural Development, Ministry of Youth and Sports, Unit Pemimpin Pembangunan Masyarakat, Native Court, Lembaga Bandaran Kudat, Kudat Fishermen Association, Kota Marudu-Pitas Fishermen Association, Kudat Fishermen Boat Owner, Kudat Turtle Conservation Society, Banggi Coral Conservation Society, Teritipan Youth Society, Fishermen of Teluk Marudu Taman Tun Mustapha
