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A Study on Effect of Independency on the Navigational Aids among Local
Fisherman at Marang River
Muhammad Anas Bin Yaakob
Supervisor: Capt. Mohd Naim Bin Fadzil
Bachelor of Science (Nautical Science and Maritime Transport)
School of Ocean Engineering
anasyaakob95@yahoo.com
The main issues regarding to navigational aids at Marang river is a few of fisherman does
not use navigational aids in daily routine because they prefer to use their experience to
navigate. The purpose of this study is to find the effect independency among local
fisherman at Marang river. Marang river is choose because most of local community work
as fisherman to support life. This research focuses to rank the level of knowledge of
fisherman about the navigational aids and to determine the available navigational aids
within Marang River. Recommendation of navigational that may enhance safety are
suggest. Method use to analysis the data is descriptive method which using Statistical
package for the Social Science (SPSS) as the software. Based on the result that obtained
from this research, we can conclude that the navigational aids are importance to enhance
safety and avoid the fatality in Marang River among the local fisherman.
Keyword - Navigational Aids, Fisherman, Marang River.
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