Integrated Marine Fish Culture

Wednesday, 29 August, 2018 06:33:18 PM

Entry Point Projects (EPPs) GNI million Job Private Investment
(RM million) Public Investment
(RM million)

1 National Seaweed Nucleus 420 13,788 359 182

2 Sabah Agro Industrial Precint (SAIP) 195 399 584 94

3 Taman Kekal Pengeluaran Makanan (TKPM) 35 479 13 47

4 Integrated Marine Fish Culture 710 1,981 804 21

5 Swiflet Commercial Centre (SCC) 405 7,648 167 13

6 High Finned Grouper & Barramundi 995 760 118 32

7 Integrated Shrimp Aquaculture 267 3,626 716 48

8 Sea Cucumber & Tiger Grouper Combine Culture 555 930 100 41

Total
3,582 29,611 2,861 478

These are The Current and Identified Areas for Marine Fish Cage Activities

Key outcomes of the EPP
• 1,398 or more jobs opportunities. • 504 million hybrid and high grade fish fingerlings. • 47,040 mt of hybrid and high grade, high market price of marine fish for export annually to China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

	What needs to be done?
	• Full government support by providing land and access road to location

	Key Challenges
	• Insufficient supply of fingerlings • Intrusion of local folks • Supply of electricity • Access road • Supply of treated water • Skilled technician and workers • Parasite and disease occurrence • Water pollution • Quality control

		Mitigation Plan
		• Develop a hatchery with 500 mill fingerlings capacity. • Security system to be in placed • Provision of water, electricity and access road • Provision of specific training

EPP 4 : INTEGRATED MARINE FISH CULTURE

● The proposed Kudat Integrated Marine Fish Culture will be located at Limau Limauan, Kudat.
● A total 400 ha of land and sea area has been identified and applied for in 2011.
● The proposed project consist of a hatchery, nurseries, cages for grow out, processing plant and live feed production.
● The estimated initial project investment will be RM52 million and RM2 million of the total come from government injection.
● The hatchery is expected to produce 91 million of hybrid and high grade fish fingerlings to various fish cage culture operators in Sabah.
● The cages is expected to produce 8,400 mt annually of hybrid and high grade high market price of marine fish for export to China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
● The project is also to provide R & D facilities to interested parties to enhance production of high quality marine fish seeds.
● The proposed marine fish to be cultured are: Ephinephelus lanceolatus, E. fuscoguttatus, E. polyphekadion, Plectropomus leopardus, P. maculatus, etc.

	Entry Point Projects (EPPs)	GNI million	Job	Private Investment (RM million)	Public Investment (RM million)
1	National Seaweed Nucleus	420	13,788	359	182
2	Sabah Agro Industrial Precint (SAIP)	195	399	584	94
3	Taman Kekal Pengeluaran Makanan (TKPM)	35	479	13	47
4	Integrated Marine Fish Culture	710	1,981	804	21
5	Swiflet Commercial Centre (SCC)	405	7,648	167	13
6	High Finned Grouper & Barramundi	995	760	118	32
7	Integrated Shrimp Aquaculture	267	3,626	716	48
8	Sea Cucumber & Tiger Grouper Combine Culture	555	930	100	41
	Total	3,582	29,611	2,861	478