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Perception of conservation and management of billfish among Universiti
Malaysia Terengganu
Intan Kamila binti Kamisan
Hajah Zahaitun Mahani Binti Zakariah
Bachelor of Management (Maritime)
School of Maritime Business and Management
Royal Pahang Billfish International Challenge is the tournament that very famous at Kuala
Rompin because of the crossover and migration of billfish. Billfish is a highly-migratory
species that come into Kuala Rompin, Pahang at Malaysia in some their special season.
This recreational fisheries must be near the centre of the species distribution in order to
catch rates to be used as a valid measure of monitoring stocks. However, the
conservation and management of this billfish species need to improve. The problem
statement is how far Royal Pahang Billfish International Challenge (RPBIC) effect to
billfish in Kuala Rompin. Therefore, the objective of this research is to study the
perception of conservation and management of billfish among Universiti Malaysia
Terengganu student. A quantitative methodology that incorporates primary data such as
questionaire is used to analyse the perception of conservation and management of billfish
among Universiti Malaysia Terengganu student. As a conclusion, the perception of the
billfish at Kuala Rompin through RPBIC are absolutely have to be known by others.
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