ISSN: 2222-6990
Open access
Fish product is one of the contributors for balance diet, profit and attraction for tourist. That is why today fishery farming have become important in human daily life. Fishing and aquaculture sector have been reported to employ over 36 million people directly, this show the importance of fishery sector. Regardless of this fact, climate change have become the result for fishery farming to gain low income due to low quantity of fishing. In order to face climate change impact, there are several government agencies such as Fishery Department and LKIM that involve with fishermen which can assist them to adapt with the risks and issues in climate change. This research aims to understand the perception level of respondents toward climate change impact and to identify the role of government agencies’ extension activities toward climate change adaptation. This research was conducted in Pekan, Pahang with participation of 150 fishermen as respondents. The result shows the perception of respondents towards extension agent’s organisation and activities are high. It is also recorded that the perception of extension service toward climate change is on high level.
Aruna, P. (2014). Malaysians Eat More Fish Than Japanese, Reveals Study. The Star, 19 June.
Department of Fisheries. (2013). Perangkaan Tahunan Perikanan 2013 (Jilid 1). Putrajaya.
Department of Fisheries. (2015). National Plan of Action for the Management of Fishing Capacity in Malaysia (Plan 2). Putrajaya.
European Union. (2017). Agriculture Policy Digest 8th edition. Fiji.
Jabatan Perdana Menteri. (2010). Economic Transformation Programme. Putrajaya.
Malamud, B. D., and Turcotte, D. L. (2006). "The Applicability of Power-Law Frequency Statistics to Floods." Journal of Hydrology 322: 168-180.
Mohd. Fauzi, F., Khairuddin, I., Bahaman A. S., Asnarulkhadi, A. S., and Hayrol, A. M. S. (2017). Examining Highland Youth Farmers’ Adaptation Ability towards Climate Change Impacts. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, Vol. 7, No. 4.
Aliff, M. Y. (2016). Perception of Fisherman Community towards Climate Change and Extension Activities on Fishery Farming in Pekan, Pahang (Bachelor Thesis). Serdang: Universiti Putra Malaysia.
Munich Climate Insurance Initiative. (2013). Climate risk adaptation and insurance. Reducing vulnerability and sustaining the livelihoods of low-income communities. Report No. 13. Bonn: United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS).
RMS. (2006). Press Release: RMS Study Estimates $50-$80 Billion of Insuerd Losses from a Repeat of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire; Insured Losses Expected to Amplify Due to 'Super Cat' Effects. Newark, California, Risk Management Solutions.
Harian, S. (2015). Ramai Nelayan Tak Berdaftar. Retrieved on 3 January 2018, from: http://www.sinarharian.com.my/edisi/utara/ramai-nelayan-tak-berdaftar-1.414824.
Slijkerman, J. F. (2006). Insurance Sector Risk. Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper. Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Tinbergen Institute.
Swedish Government Official Reports. (2007). Sweden Facing Climate Change – Threats and Opportunities. Stockholm.
United Nation. (1992). United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. New York.
United Nation. (2014). The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture: Opportunities and challenges. Rome.
Zeckhauser, R. (1996). "Insurance and Catastrophes." The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance Theory 20: 157-175.
In-Text Citation: (Norsida, Mohd. Fauzi, & Muhammad Aliff, 2018)
To Cite this Article: Norsida, M., Mohd. Fauzi, F., & Muhammad Aliff, Y. (2018). Examining Fisherman Perception towards Climate Change Impacts and Fishery Agencies. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 8(2), 355–372.
Copyright: © 2018 The Author(s)
Published by Human Resource Management Academic Research Society (www.hrmars.com)
This article is published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license. Anyone may reproduce, distribute, translate and create derivative works of this article (for both commercial and non-commercial purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this license may be seen at: http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode