MALAYSIA - The fisheries department has begun a pilot project on the use of the Turtle Excluder Device (TED), with the cooperation of six fishermen in the district.
Fisheries director-general Datuk Ahamad Sabki Mahmood said the device would be installed in fishing trawlers used to catch shrimps during the monsoon season, from November until March next year. He said the device was aimed at rescuing turtles which had become endangered, thus saving the marine ecosystem and helping to guarantee the income of fishermen.
He was speaking to reporters after opening the study and use of TED in fishing trawlers during the monsoon season in Kemaman district here Tuesday 29 November.
Source: Bernama
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