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WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT OF ADOPTING SUSTAINABLE TERUBOK FISHERIES IN SARAWAK BY USING CONTINGENT VALUATION METHOD

Sarawak is well known with its Terubok which is scientifically known as Tropical shad Tenualosa. In Sarawak, there are two types of Tenualosa that found namely Tenualosa toli and Tenualosa macura. However, due to the overexploitation and heavy fishing of terubok, the total catch landi...

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Main Authors: Nur Syahmina, Abdul Ghanie, Dayang Affizzah, Awang Marikan, Nor Afiza, Abu Bakar
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Language:English
Published: 2020
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spelling my.unimas.ir.332492020-12-08T03:44:23Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/33249/ WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT OF ADOPTING SUSTAINABLE TERUBOK FISHERIES IN SARAWAK BY USING CONTINGENT VALUATION METHOD Nur Syahmina, Abdul Ghanie Dayang Affizzah, Awang Marikan Nor Afiza, Abu Bakar HB Economic Theory Sarawak is well known with its Terubok which is scientifically known as Tropical shad Tenualosa. In Sarawak, there are two types of Tenualosa that found namely Tenualosa toli and Tenualosa macura. However, due to the overexploitation and heavy fishing of terubok, the total catch landing has been declining. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to investigate the potential of establishing sustainable terubok fisheries in order to sustain the population of terubok and livelihoods of Sarawak fisherman. This study is conducted in the core terubok area which are Batang Lupar, Batang Lassa and Batang Sadong. This study employed Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) to estimate the willingness to accept (WTA) of the fisherman to conserve terubok. This study found out that the bidding amount, race which is Malay and Melanau, size of household and the fisherman experience may affect the WTA of the fishers. Besides, RM 301.08 is the average amount of compensation that will be given to the Terubok fisherman in order to conserve the Terubok populations. This study also recommends that the Terubok fisherman should be more educated and educational training for the fisherman should be provided so that they may realize the importance of conserving Terubok 2020 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/33249/1/WILLINGNESS%20TO%20ACCEPT%20OF%20ADOPTING%20SUSTAINABLE%20TERUBOK%20FISHERIES%20IN%20SARAWAK%20BY%20USING%20CONTINGENT%20VALUATION%20METHOD_pdf.pdf Nur Syahmina, Abdul Ghanie and Dayang Affizzah, Awang Marikan and Nor Afiza, Abu Bakar (2020) WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT OF ADOPTING SUSTAINABLE TERUBOK FISHERIES IN SARAWAK BY USING CONTINGENT VALUATION METHOD. International Journal of Business and Society, 21 (3). pp. 1322-1332.
institution Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
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topic HB Economic Theory
spellingShingle HB Economic Theory
Nur Syahmina, Abdul Ghanie
Dayang Affizzah, Awang Marikan
Nor Afiza, Abu Bakar
WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT OF ADOPTING SUSTAINABLE TERUBOK FISHERIES IN SARAWAK BY USING CONTINGENT VALUATION METHOD
description Sarawak is well known with its Terubok which is scientifically known as Tropical shad Tenualosa. In Sarawak, there are two types of Tenualosa that found namely Tenualosa toli and Tenualosa macura. However, due to the overexploitation and heavy fishing of terubok, the total catch landing has been declining. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to investigate the potential of establishing sustainable terubok fisheries in order to sustain the population of terubok and livelihoods of Sarawak fisherman. This study is conducted in the core terubok area which are Batang Lupar, Batang Lassa and Batang Sadong. This study employed Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) to estimate the willingness to accept (WTA) of the fisherman to conserve terubok. This study found out that the bidding amount, race which is Malay and Melanau, size of household and the fisherman experience may affect the WTA of the fishers. Besides, RM 301.08 is the average amount of compensation that will be given to the Terubok fisherman in order to conserve the Terubok populations. This study also recommends that the Terubok fisherman should be more educated and educational training for the fisherman should be provided so that they may realize the importance of conserving Terubok
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author Nur Syahmina, Abdul Ghanie
Dayang Affizzah, Awang Marikan
Nor Afiza, Abu Bakar
author_facet Nur Syahmina, Abdul Ghanie
Dayang Affizzah, Awang Marikan
Nor Afiza, Abu Bakar
author_sort Nur Syahmina, Abdul Ghanie
title WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT OF ADOPTING SUSTAINABLE TERUBOK FISHERIES IN SARAWAK BY USING CONTINGENT VALUATION METHOD
title_short WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT OF ADOPTING SUSTAINABLE TERUBOK FISHERIES IN SARAWAK BY USING CONTINGENT VALUATION METHOD
title_full WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT OF ADOPTING SUSTAINABLE TERUBOK FISHERIES IN SARAWAK BY USING CONTINGENT VALUATION METHOD
title_fullStr WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT OF ADOPTING SUSTAINABLE TERUBOK FISHERIES IN SARAWAK BY USING CONTINGENT VALUATION METHOD
title_full_unstemmed WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT OF ADOPTING SUSTAINABLE TERUBOK FISHERIES IN SARAWAK BY USING CONTINGENT VALUATION METHOD
title_sort willingness to accept of adopting sustainable terubok fisheries in sarawak by using contingent valuation method
publishDate 2020
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/33249/1/WILLINGNESS%20TO%20ACCEPT%20OF%20ADOPTING%20SUSTAINABLE%20TERUBOK%20FISHERIES%20IN%20SARAWAK%20BY%20USING%20CONTINGENT%20VALUATION%20METHOD_pdf.pdf
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