Cover Image

An Assessment of the Carrying Capacity of Sipadan Island Park, Sabah, Malaysia

Sipadan Island is a small oceanic island in Malaysia, and renowned as one of the world’s top ten dive destination. However, it was only recently that the island was gazetted as a Marine Protected Area. The aim of this study is to assess the carrying capacity of Sipadan Island Park. The objectives ar...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nasrulhakim Maidin, Bernardette Mabel Manjaji Matsumoto, Muhammad Ali Syed Hussein, Rimi Ripin
Format: Article
Language:English
English
Published: Transactions on Science and Technology 2016
Subjects:
G154.9-155.8 Travel and state. Tourism
SH201-399 Fisheries
Online Access:https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29205/1/An%20assessment%20of%20the%20carrying%20capacity%20of%20Sipadan%20island%20park%2C%20Sabah%2C%20Malaysia%20.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29205/2/An%20assessment%20of%20the%20carrying%20capacity%20of%20Sipadan%20island%20park%2C%20Sabah%2C%20Malaysia%201.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29205/
http://tost.unise.org/pdfs/vol3/no2-2/3_2-2_444-448.pdf
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my.ums.eprints.29205
record_format eprints
spelling my.ums.eprints.292052021-08-19T01:25:50Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29205/ An Assessment of the Carrying Capacity of Sipadan Island Park, Sabah, Malaysia Nasrulhakim Maidin Bernardette Mabel Manjaji Matsumoto Muhammad Ali Syed Hussein Rimi Ripin G154.9-155.8 Travel and state. Tourism SH201-399 Fisheries Sipadan Island is a small oceanic island in Malaysia, and renowned as one of the world’s top ten dive destination. However, it was only recently that the island was gazetted as a Marine Protected Area. The aim of this study is to assess the carrying capacity of Sipadan Island Park. The objectives are to enumerate diver and dive frequency, and to record the presence and sighting rate of iconic fishes in each of the 11 established dive sites on Sipadan. The study was carried out monthly over a 12-month period in 2011 and 2012. In that period, we recorded a total of 66,243 dives, of which, more than one third (35%; n=23,215 dives) was in Barracuda Point alone. In comparison, the least popular dive site - West Ridge–North Point - recorded just 154 dives. Thus, Barracuda Point, along with three other sites are found to have greatly exceeded the carrying capacity of a dive site. Iconic fishes are present throughout the year, and their sighting rate was similar in all months (p>0.05). However, our data showed a significant correlation between popular dive sites and sightings of iconic fish (p<0.05). Transactions on Science and Technology 2016 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29205/1/An%20assessment%20of%20the%20carrying%20capacity%20of%20Sipadan%20island%20park%2C%20Sabah%2C%20Malaysia%20.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29205/2/An%20assessment%20of%20the%20carrying%20capacity%20of%20Sipadan%20island%20park%2C%20Sabah%2C%20Malaysia%201.pdf Nasrulhakim Maidin and Bernardette Mabel Manjaji Matsumoto and Muhammad Ali Syed Hussein and Rimi Ripin (2016) An Assessment of the Carrying Capacity of Sipadan Island Park, Sabah, Malaysia. Transactions on Science and Technology, 3. pp. 444-448. ISSN 2289-8786 http://tost.unise.org/pdfs/vol3/no2-2/3_2-2_444-448.pdf
institution Universiti Malaysia Sabah
building UMS Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Malaysia Sabah
content_source UMS Institutional Repository
url_provider http://eprints.ums.edu.my/
language English
English
topic G154.9-155.8 Travel and state. Tourism
SH201-399 Fisheries
spellingShingle G154.9-155.8 Travel and state. Tourism
SH201-399 Fisheries
Nasrulhakim Maidin
Bernardette Mabel Manjaji Matsumoto
Muhammad Ali Syed Hussein
Rimi Ripin
An Assessment of the Carrying Capacity of Sipadan Island Park, Sabah, Malaysia
description Sipadan Island is a small oceanic island in Malaysia, and renowned as one of the world’s top ten dive destination. However, it was only recently that the island was gazetted as a Marine Protected Area. The aim of this study is to assess the carrying capacity of Sipadan Island Park. The objectives are to enumerate diver and dive frequency, and to record the presence and sighting rate of iconic fishes in each of the 11 established dive sites on Sipadan. The study was carried out monthly over a 12-month period in 2011 and 2012. In that period, we recorded a total of 66,243 dives, of which, more than one third (35%; n=23,215 dives) was in Barracuda Point alone. In comparison, the least popular dive site - West Ridge–North Point - recorded just 154 dives. Thus, Barracuda Point, along with three other sites are found to have greatly exceeded the carrying capacity of a dive site. Iconic fishes are present throughout the year, and their sighting rate was similar in all months (p>0.05). However, our data showed a significant correlation between popular dive sites and sightings of iconic fish (p<0.05).
format Article
author Nasrulhakim Maidin
Bernardette Mabel Manjaji Matsumoto
Muhammad Ali Syed Hussein
Rimi Ripin
author_facet Nasrulhakim Maidin
Bernardette Mabel Manjaji Matsumoto
Muhammad Ali Syed Hussein
Rimi Ripin
author_sort Nasrulhakim Maidin
title An Assessment of the Carrying Capacity of Sipadan Island Park, Sabah, Malaysia
title_short An Assessment of the Carrying Capacity of Sipadan Island Park, Sabah, Malaysia
title_full An Assessment of the Carrying Capacity of Sipadan Island Park, Sabah, Malaysia
title_fullStr An Assessment of the Carrying Capacity of Sipadan Island Park, Sabah, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed An Assessment of the Carrying Capacity of Sipadan Island Park, Sabah, Malaysia
title_sort assessment of the carrying capacity of sipadan island park, sabah, malaysia
publisher Transactions on Science and Technology
publishDate 2016
url https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29205/1/An%20assessment%20of%20the%20carrying%20capacity%20of%20Sipadan%20island%20park%2C%20Sabah%2C%20Malaysia%20.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29205/2/An%20assessment%20of%20the%20carrying%20capacity%20of%20Sipadan%20island%20park%2C%20Sabah%2C%20Malaysia%201.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29205/
http://tost.unise.org/pdfs/vol3/no2-2/3_2-2_444-448.pdf
_version_ 1760230676048642048
score 13.211869

Similar Items