BELURAN, June 15 (Bernama) -- The Mini Estet Sejahtera (Mesej) sea cucumber aquaculture project in Kampung Bahanan, Pulau Jambongan here has successfully achieved its target to eradicate poverty.
Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman said the project which had enabled 70 households to generate a RM2,000 monthly income, was one of 45 Mesej rural poverty eradication programmes being implemented in Sabah.
He said poverty eradication was one of the Barisan Nasional (BN) government's pledges in the 13th general election manifesto.
"We will continue to double efforts such as this for the people's benefit," he said while launching the Sabah Rural Development aquaculture Mesej programme at Pulau Jambongan here Saturday.
Earlier, state Rural Development minister Datuk Radin Malleh said, of the 45 Mesej programmes, 29 were agriculture, six aquaculture, eight micro and two integrated.
He said the ministry would implement three more Mesej projects in Kota Belud, Kinabatangan and Beaufort, this year.
He also said that the government would study the potential of a swiftlet bird's nest Mesej project in Pulau Jambongan.
Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman said the project which had enabled 70 households to generate a RM2,000 monthly income, was one of 45 Mesej rural poverty eradication programmes being implemented in Sabah.
He said poverty eradication was one of the Barisan Nasional (BN) government's pledges in the 13th general election manifesto.
"We will continue to double efforts such as this for the people's benefit," he said while launching the Sabah Rural Development aquaculture Mesej programme at Pulau Jambongan here Saturday.
Earlier, state Rural Development minister Datuk Radin Malleh said, of the 45 Mesej programmes, 29 were agriculture, six aquaculture, eight micro and two integrated.
He said the ministry would implement three more Mesej projects in Kota Belud, Kinabatangan and Beaufort, this year.
He also said that the government would study the potential of a swiftlet bird's nest Mesej project in Pulau Jambongan.
Sea cucumber fisheries in Malaysia are exploited off the coastal waters around the coral reef regions in Sabah in East Malaysia.
ReplyDeleteIn Peninsular Malaysia, this resource is minimally exploited because more than 90 % of the coral reef islands in both the east and west coasts have been gazetted as marine parks or as fisheries prohibited areas, where fishing activities are prohibited in the vicinity.
ReplyDeleteIn Sabah, in the 1980s, landings of sea cucumber recorded an annual catch of about 400-500 tonnes (inclusive of sea urchins), while landings in the 1990s had fallen to an annual catch of around 100 tonnes.
ReplyDeleteSpecies exploited for food include the sandfish (Holothuria scabra), black teatfish (H. nobilis), white teatfish (H. fuscogilva), elephant's trunkfish (H. fuscopunctata), H. leucospilota, orangefish (Bohadschia graeffei), brown sandfish (Bohadschia marmorata) and prickly redfish (Thelenota ananas).
ReplyDeleteThe sea cucumbers caught in Sabah, apart from being consumed locally, are exported mainly to Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak, Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong SAR (China), Taiwan (Province of China) and China PR.
ReplyDeleteQuality harus dicapai.
DeleteThey are processed by boiling and evisceration, and are then exported in the dried or frozen form.
ReplyDeleteSea cucumbers are also imported into Sabah from neighbouring Indonesia and the Philippines, and may be re-exported after processing.
ReplyDeleteIndustri hasil laut ini dapat menaikkan lagi ekonomi dan pendapatan negeri.
DeleteHowever, since the 1990s, the volume of imports has decreased drastically.
ReplyDeleteIn Peninsular Malaysia, sea cucumbers (locally known as "gamat") belonging to the Stichopidae family, mainly curry fish (Stichopus hermanni formerly known as S. variegatus) and warty sea cucumber (S. horrens), are exploited for their medicinal properties.
ReplyDeleteIn Pulau Langkawi on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia in the State of Kedah, the processing industry has depleted the resources of S. hermanni, which is now an endangered if not an extinct species in the vicinity of the Langkawi Islands.
ReplyDeleteStichopus horrens, however, are still found in relative abundance in the reef flats of Pulau Pangkor, located on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia in the state of Perak.
ReplyDeleteThe raw products are traditionally processed into gamat oil and gamat water, and recently into medicated balm, toothpaste and soap.
ReplyDeleteSyabas dengan perkembangan seperti ini. Teruskan usaha, perkembangan ekonomi memerlukan usaha semua golongan.
DeletePresently there is no fishing regulations aimed at preventing over-exploitation of sea cucumber stocks (except for regulations prohibiting fishing in marine parks).
ReplyDeleteMalaysians value sea cucumbers for their medicinal benefits and also as culinary delicacies. Malays have traditionally utilized certain species of Stichopus (locally known as "gamat") for their medicinal properties and traditional medicines processed from gamat are used in wound healing, treatment of stomach ulcers and as a painkiller.
ReplyDeleteThe Chinese have long regarded sea cucumbers as a general health tonic, beneficial for treating tendonitis and arthritis, and as an aphrodisiac, among many other medicinal claims. The Chinese also consider sea cucumbers as culinary delicacies.
ReplyDeleteA good choice for all.
ReplyDeleteMoreover the state government is keen to help
ReplyDeleteSea cucumber is a good project
ReplyDeletePemantauan yang baik diperlukan.
DeleteJangan lepaskan peluang ini.
ReplyDeleteKerajaan Negeri akan terus menjadikan pembangunan holistik kawasan luar bandar di Sabah satu keutamaan, kata Ketua Menteri Datuk Seri Musa Aman.
ReplyDeleteKeseimbangan ekonomi di bandar dan luar bandar harus dicapai.
DeleteBeliau berkata usaha juga dilakukan untuk menyediakan pekerjaan dan menambah baik pendapatan 'ketua isi rumah miskin tegar' (KIRT) di kawasan luar bandar melalui pelbagai program yang direka khusus untuk tujuan itu.
ReplyDeleteAntaranya adalah Program Mini Estet Sejahtera atau Mesej yang boleh dilihat mampu meningkatkan pendapatan KIRT dan ekonomi keluarga miskin, katanya. untuk melancarkan Program Mesej Akuakultur di Kampung Bahanan, di Pulau Jambongan dekat sini pada Sabtu.
ReplyDeleteKira-kira 70 penduduk mengambil bahagian dalam program itu yang mengkhusus pada penternakan timun laut (gamat), yang dianggarkan mampu memberi mereka pendapatan bulanan sebanyak RM2,000.
ReplyDeleteMusa berkata rakyat mempunyai keyakinan dalam kebolehan kerajaan uutuk membawa pembangunan kepada mereka.
ReplyDeletepemimpin BN bukan saja akan turun padang semasa waktu pilihan raya tetapi juga akan terus berbuat demikian untuk memastikan masalah rakyat didengari dan diselesaikan.
ReplyDeleteberita ini sangat menggembirakan...
ReplyDeletekerana projek ini telah berjaya mencapai sasaran untuk membasmi kemiskinan.
ReplyDeletetahniah kepada Musa dan kementerian beliau
ReplyDeletehopefully there is more poverty eradication programmes being implemented in Sabah.
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