Day 2 - Attending SABAH SHARKS AND RAYS FORUM 2018

in #environment6 years ago
Good morning and evening lovely and wonderful friends in Steemit. Thank God it Friday! and last day for this forum.

The forum

Day 2 dedicated participants

Day 2 and final day for me in Shangri-La's Tanjung Aru Resort & Spa, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, attenting an amazing forum on 'Exploring Synergies Between Fisheries, Conservation and Tourism'.

Day 2 featured a high-level event where presentations made
by a number of senior Government figures and NGOs, followed by a facilitated dialogue to discuss the evaluate challenges, main issues and explore solutions.

The event started with a short film showed to convey the
key messages and the outcomes of a dedicated event that held by the organiser in Semporna, Borneo. This followed by a presentatation from NGOs and Government officers.

Next is the forum facilated by Cynthia Ong from LEAP Spiral.

The member of Panelists are:

  • Mr. Lawrence Kissol, Assistant
    Director (Marine Resource Management), Department of
    Fisheries Sabah.
  • Dr. Jamili Nais, Director, Sabah
    Parks.
  • Mr. Steven Kwek, Widegrowth
    Marine Products.
  • Dr. Nicholas Pilcher, Marine
    Research Foundation.
  • Shantini Guna Rajan, WWF-
    Malaysia

Among the topics that were thorougly discussed are concerns on the difficulty to impose a complete ban on sharks as they could still be found in their catch. It's very hard to ban fishermen to understand or to change their habbits and put into their mind that these sharks and rays are protected species by the Law. For them its considered food and source of income.

The forum also touched on the need for responsible tourism standards, the need for a shark consevation areas and the high income derived from shark fishing.

The forum has brought an eye opener to participants on the need to protect the sharks and rays in Malaysia.

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