More artificial reefs to improve fishery resources

Johor Fisheries Department deploying artificial reefs near Pulau Mertang, Mersing, as part of efforts to protect the marine habitat.

THE Johor Fisheries Department has deployed 12 artificial reefs worth RM355,000 in Pulau Mertang and Pulau Lima, Mersing, as part of its efforts to protect the marine habitat.

State agriculture, agro-based industry, and rural committee chairman Datuk Zahari Sarip said artificial reefs and unjam or Fish Aggregating Devices (Fad) are important in increasing the fishery resources of the state.