Fisheries Dept’s probe into cockle spat theft: Tools and vehicle seized
Fisheries Department director-general Datuk Adnan Hussain told a press conference on Sunday (Jan 21) that the department was still investigating recent incidents of the stealing of cockle spats in Sekinchan, Selangor.
He said the authorities had heightened enforcement at sea and on land to curb the rampant activities.
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00:00 We at the Ministry of Fisheries are concerned about the case of the stolen catfish.
00:06 And we received information that this incident happened in Sekincan.
00:10 So at the moment, the Ministry of Fisheries has issued a permit for any parties who are interested
00:17 to obtain a permit to take the catfish in bulk.
00:21 Because according to our regulations, only catfish that are larger than 4mm can be taken out of the sea.
00:28 And we do not deny that there is a theft activity that has occurred.
00:33 And the seizure of power has been carried out by the Ministry of Fisheries
00:37 in cooperation with the Malaysian Marine Police and the Marine Police to investigate this incident.
00:44 And from the initial information we received, the theft happened especially at night.
00:51 And the surveillance and seizure of power have also been increased to solve this problem.
00:58 When was the theft?
01:01 At this time, we have also seized the equipment used to steal the catfish.
01:08 Such as the rod used, the core used, we were able to catch it.
01:13 And recently, two days ago, we managed to stop a vehicle on Pinang Island
01:18 which was found to bring catfish without a permit.
01:23 So we are still investigating, we are not sure if the source is from the Selangor reef
01:28 or the reef in the Pinang region or the reef in other areas.
01:31 Investigation is underway and efforts are being carried out both at sea and on land
01:36 to investigate this activity.
01:39 So far, the surveillance and seizure of power has been done by the Ministry of Fisheries or the APMM?
01:44 With the Ministry of Fisheries, the Malaysian Marine Police Agency or APMM
01:49 and the Malaysian Marine Police Agency, PDRN.
01:53 We have also conducted two or three operations together with these three agencies.
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