Call to the Malaysian government to halt aquaculture project

The organisation called Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM), has called on the Malaysian government to halt a project to set up a 1000 ha Integrated Shrimp Aquaculture Park. SM Mohamed Idris said that the aquaculture project will have negative impact on the fish and the environment. He said the developer has not complied with the Environmental Management Plan (EMP) of the Detailed Environmental Impact Assessment (DEIA) report for the project. He urged Department of the Environment to investigate and take immediate action on the project developer for failing to comply with the stipulated conditions. SAM has also received information that the underground pipeline system used for sea water intake and channeled to the ponds, was facing technical problems.

Integrated Shrimp Aquaculture Park

Idris said it was impossible to supply sea water to other ponds that have been planned without a proper water intake system as stated in the DEIA report. According to the website of the project developer, Blue Archipelago Bhd, phase one of the project covering 432ha with 264 ponds was to be fully operational by the end of last year. However, Idris claimed only 48 ponds were operating now.The website stated that phases one and two covering another 568ha with 352 ponds will be fully operational in 2014. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers. To get your copy of 'PPLAPP' click here.