KUALA TERENGGANU: A group of volunteers from Lang Tengah Turtle Watch (LTTW) made an amazing discovery on Tuesday (Aug 30) when they found a newly-hatched dicephalic green sea turtle at a nesting site in Tanjong Jara Resort, Dungun.
KUALA TERENGGANU (BERNAMA) – A group of volunteers from Lang Tengah Turtle Watch (LTTW) made an amazing discovery when they found a newly-hatched dicephalic green sea turtle at a nesting site in Tanjong Jara Resort, Dungun. LTTW site manager Abidah Zaaba said that in the beginning when they saw the hatchling trying to push through […]
KUALA TERENGGANU: The Terengganu Fisheries Department has been instructed to step up enforcement to curb the use of unauthorised fishing equipment as this is among the main causes of turtle deaths in the state.
LUMUT (Bernama): The carcass of a 1.5-tonne whale shark, of the Rhincodon Typus species, was found floating in the waters off Pulau Pangkor here on Friday (Jan 22).
Rantau Abang Fisheries Research Institute (FRI) Marine Mammal Branch chief Mohd Tamimi Ali Ahmad said the 5.7-metre long male whale shark, which is believed to be five years old, was spotted by fishermen at about 3pm.
Upon receiving information on the matter, a joint operation was conducted by the branch and Kampung Acheh FRI as well as the My Teluk Senangin My Fisheries Community.
They found the carcass near the Damar Laut Jetty near here at 6.30pm Saturday (Jan 23).