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Opinion of experts and decision makers regarding marine protected area in
Kuala Rompin
Farhah Nabilah binti Mohamad
Miss Zahaitun Mahani Binti Zakariah
Bachelor of Management (Maritime)
School of Maritime Business and Management
Kuala Rompin is the famous place for anglers to catch the billfish. “Billfish” refers to
various predatory fish belonging to the taxonomical family Istiophoridae. This study is
to know the opinion of experts and decisions maker regarding marine protected area
for billfish conservation. The objective is to evaluate the seasonal marine protected
areas for billfish conservation. The problem facing is by-catch of another species of
fish that make the mortality happened. Another problem is Kuala Rompin are not
gazetted as marine protected area(MPA) for billfish conservation. Data analyzed by
using Atlas.ti, a qualitative data analysis software package (QDA) that can code
different media types, including text, images, videos, and audio. This study is useful
to know about the opinion of experts about MPA for billfish. The result is for better
understanding about the billfish and MPA. It also about the tourism and type of circle
hook used for billfish angling.
1585 | UMT UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH DAY 2018