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Degree of Injuries and Species Composition from Angling between Day
and Night in Batu Rakit Waters, Kuala Terengganu
Nur Fatin Nabilah binti Yasir
Supervisor: Dr Mohd Fazrul Hisam bin Abd. Aziz
Bachelor of Applied Science (Fisheries)
School of Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences
Angling techniques are very popular, but study on angling related to species
composition at daytime and night time is still in vague. This study emphasize on
species composition and degree of injury between daytime and night time by angling
at Batu Rakit’s water. The definition of daytime are (0700-1100) and night time are
(0800-0000). The highest number of fish hooked were 52.5% (n=21) at daytime and
47.5% (n=19) at night time, respectively. Three dominant species caught were Nibea
soldado (n=14), Eubleekeria jonesi (n=6) and Pomadasys argentus (n=4),
respectively. The study found that at daytime, there are lesser deep hooking incidence
compared to night time (n=12; n=14), respectively. Survival rate were found higher
at daytime (19.05) than night time (15.79), respectively. Study proven that there are
no differences in mortality rate and degree of injury between daytime and night time
based on Chi-square. As conclusion, daylight is better timing for angling fishing to
reduce fish injury and increase catching.
623 | UMT UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH DAY 2018