PETALING JAYA: The Fisheries Department has rejected a recent report by conservation group Traffic which ranked Malaysia eighth in the list of top 20 countries that are shark catchers.
The report titled “An Overview of Major Shark Traders, Catchers and Species”, authored by Nicola Okes and Glenn Sant and published by Traffic this month, found that Malaysia’s average catch between 2007 and 2017 was 21,459 metric tonnes annually.
But the Fisheries Department said the report was inaccurate as the amount of catch was mixed together with the landing of stingrays.