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Readiness of young Malaysian fishermen to use global positioning system within the fishing operation

Global Positioning System or GPS is an advanced tool that has been widely used in a number of industries including fisheries industry. The main attempt of the present study has much to do with GPS as it aims to identify young Malaysian fishermen readiness to use GPS within their fishing operation. T...

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Main Authors: Osman, Mohd Nizam, Omar, Siti Zobidah, Bolong, Jusang, D' Silva, Jeffrey Lawrence, Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril
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Language:English
Published: Canadian Center of Science and Education 2014
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53289/1/Readiness%20of%20young%20Malaysian%20fishermen%20to%20use%20Global%20Positioning%20System%20within%20the%20fishing%20operation%20.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53289/
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spelling my.upm.eprints.532892018-10-05T04:16:12Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53289/ Readiness of young Malaysian fishermen to use global positioning system within the fishing operation Osman, Mohd Nizam Omar, Siti Zobidah Bolong, Jusang D' Silva, Jeffrey Lawrence Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril Global Positioning System or GPS is an advanced tool that has been widely used in a number of industries including fisheries industry. The main attempt of the present study has much to do with GPS as it aims to identify young Malaysian fishermen readiness to use GPS within their fishing operation. The study is quantitative in nature where a developed questionnaire was used to collect the required data. A total of 240 young fishermen aged between 15 to 40 years old from four fishing areas in Malaysia were selected as the respondents. Overall, it can be concluded that young Malaysian fishermen are ready to use GPS within their fishing operation. However, their readiness can be further improved if aspects such as financial affordability, number of agencies staff, availability of workshop repairing dysfunction GPS and access to GPS are considered by the related agencies. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2014 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53289/1/Readiness%20of%20young%20Malaysian%20fishermen%20to%20use%20Global%20Positioning%20System%20within%20the%20fishing%20operation%20.pdf Osman, Mohd Nizam and Omar, Siti Zobidah and Bolong, Jusang and D' Silva, Jeffrey Lawrence and Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril (2014) Readiness of young Malaysian fishermen to use global positioning system within the fishing operation. Asian Social Science, 10 (14). pp. 1-7. ISSN 1911-2017; ESSN: 1911-2025 http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ass/article/view/37908 10.5539/ass.v10n14p1
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description Global Positioning System or GPS is an advanced tool that has been widely used in a number of industries including fisheries industry. The main attempt of the present study has much to do with GPS as it aims to identify young Malaysian fishermen readiness to use GPS within their fishing operation. The study is quantitative in nature where a developed questionnaire was used to collect the required data. A total of 240 young fishermen aged between 15 to 40 years old from four fishing areas in Malaysia were selected as the respondents. Overall, it can be concluded that young Malaysian fishermen are ready to use GPS within their fishing operation. However, their readiness can be further improved if aspects such as financial affordability, number of agencies staff, availability of workshop repairing dysfunction GPS and access to GPS are considered by the related agencies.
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author Osman, Mohd Nizam
Omar, Siti Zobidah
Bolong, Jusang
D' Silva, Jeffrey Lawrence
Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril
spellingShingle Osman, Mohd Nizam
Omar, Siti Zobidah
Bolong, Jusang
D' Silva, Jeffrey Lawrence
Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril
Readiness of young Malaysian fishermen to use global positioning system within the fishing operation
author_facet Osman, Mohd Nizam
Omar, Siti Zobidah
Bolong, Jusang
D' Silva, Jeffrey Lawrence
Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril
author_sort Osman, Mohd Nizam
title Readiness of young Malaysian fishermen to use global positioning system within the fishing operation
title_short Readiness of young Malaysian fishermen to use global positioning system within the fishing operation
title_full Readiness of young Malaysian fishermen to use global positioning system within the fishing operation
title_fullStr Readiness of young Malaysian fishermen to use global positioning system within the fishing operation
title_full_unstemmed Readiness of young Malaysian fishermen to use global positioning system within the fishing operation
title_sort readiness of young malaysian fishermen to use global positioning system within the fishing operation
publisher Canadian Center of Science and Education
publishDate 2014
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53289/1/Readiness%20of%20young%20Malaysian%20fishermen%20to%20use%20Global%20Positioning%20System%20within%20the%20fishing%20operation%20.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53289/
http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ass/article/view/37908
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