Humpback whales are good news


KUALA TERENGGANU: The presence of whales in Malaysian waters is an important indicator that our marine ecosystem is healthy and able to support the megafauna, says the Fisheries Department.

A research officer at the department’s Fisheries Research Institute, Muhammad Amirul Siddiq Abdul Rashid, said the sighting of marine mammals, especially humpback whales in the waters of Pulau Redang last Saturday, allowed them to document their migration patterns.

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