LOCAL communities and environmental groups are concerned about the dwindling number of turtle landings at the Teluk Ketapang Turtle Conservation and Information Centre on Pangkor Island.
GEORGE TOWN: There was a buzz of excitement in Tanjung Bungah recently when a large turtle was spotted laying eggs on the beach between Rainbow Paradise Hotel and Dalat International School.
Just-hatched baby turtles placed in a pool at the Segari Conservation and Information Centre.
THE Perak government should expedite plans to gazette the turtle-landing site in Segari, Manjung as a protected area, environmentalists say.
Non-governmental organisation Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) field officer Meor Razak Meor Abdul Rahman said environmental groups have been pushing for the coastal area from Pantai Pasir Panjang to Tanjung Hantu – the main turtle-landing site in Perak – to be gazetted since 2013.
SAM, he said, has been organising activities such as beach cleaning, release of turtle hatchlings as well as planting of ambong-ambong (sea lettuce) saplings to create awareness of the site’s importance over the past eight years.
Public warned not to touch jellyfish on Terengganu beach 07 Mar 2021 / 15:16 H. Pix for representational purpose only.
KUALA TERENGGANU: The public is advised not to touch, hold or keep the Velella velella jellyfish, or ‘by-the-wind sailor’, stranded on the beaches of Terengganu.
State Fisheries Department director Zawawi Ali said the blue marine life might not be dangerous to adults but could cause itchiness in children.
‘’Normally, the jellyfish float out at sea. They could have been driven by strong winds and waves and beached at Pandak Beach in Chendering, Teluk Ketapang Beach (Kuala Nerus) and Rhu Muda Beach (Marang).
‘’The people should inform the nearest Fisheries Department or the local authorities (PBT) for further action if they chance upon any species of jellyfish,’’ he said in a statement here today.
Labuan teenagers hospitalised due to jellyfish attack
March 7, 2021
LABUAN – Two teenagers have been hospitalised after being stung by what could be box jellyfish while swimming at the popular Sungai Miri beach on Saturday morning.
The boys were picnicking with their family at the beach before the incident happened at 11am. The two were immediately rushed to Labuan Hospital for treatment and reported to be in stable condition.
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Labuan Fisheries Department director, Faizal Ibrahim Suhaili said a team from the Division of Resource Protection had been sent to the beach for monitoring and sampling purposes.
“We have received a report on the teenagers being stung by jellyfish…and our team is now at the beach to ascertain the species of the plankton.