Malaysian Efforts in Combating IUU Fishing: A Legal and Policy Review

Author:	Farahdilah Ghazali - Wan Izatul Talaat - Ashraf Rahman - Hazmi Rusli
Position:	Lecturer at Institute of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu. The author may be contacted at: farahdilah.g@umt.edu.my/Address: Institute of Oceanography and Environment, University Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia. - Professor at Institute of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia ...
Pages:	387-400

SUMMARY

Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing may occur on the high seas or within a national jurisdiction. Several factors were identified as contributing to the occurrence of IUU fishing activities, among which is poor governance marked by limited and overlapping enforcement by related authorities. With very limited regional enforcement bodies and the absence of a regional multilateral... (see full summary)

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Malaysian Efforts in Combating IUU Fishing:

A Legal and Policy Review

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Farahdilah Ghazali

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& Wan Izatul Talaat

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& Ashraf Rahman

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& Hazmi Rusli

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Keywords

Ocean Governance, Sustainability, Biodiversity, Fisheries Crime, Malaysia

* The authors wish to thank the Malaysian Ministry of Education for the Long Term Research Grant granted under the

Higher Institution Centre of Excellence funding (Vot 66928). All the websites cited in this article were last visited on

November 13, 2019.

** Lecturer at Institute of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu. The author may be contacted

at: farahdilah.g@umt.edu.my/Address: Institute of Oceanography and Environment, University Malaysia Terengganu,

21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.

*** Professor at Institute of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu. The author may be

contacted at: wia@umt.edu.my /Address: Institute of Oceanography and Environment, University Malaysia Terengganu,

21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia. Corresponding author.

**** Doctoral candidate at Institute of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu. The author

may be contacted at: ashraf_umt13@yahoo.com/Address: Institute of Oceanography and Environment, University

Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.

***** Associate Professor at the Faculty of Syariah and Law, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia. The author may be contacted at:

hazmirusli@usim.edu.my/Address: Faculty of Syariah and Law, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, 71800, Bandar

Baru Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.

J. EAST ASIA & INT’L L. Vol. 12/No.2 (2019); 387-400

Publication type : Research Article

Section : East Asian Observer

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.14330/jeail.2019.12.2.09

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