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NAP3 (Fisheries)
The fisheries industry, particularly deep-sea fishing and aquaculture, will be further developed on a commercial and integrated basis. The development will focus on conservation and utilisation of fisheries resources on a sustainable basis. It will be adequately supported with modern fisheries' infrastructure, processing, marketing network, comprehensive human resource development (HRD) and R&D programmes. Private sector participation in commercial fishing, aquaculture through large-scale open marine-cage culture, and feed and fry production will be further encouraged. Government will undertake efforts to unify individual entrepreneurs including small and medium enterprises (SMEs) engaged in processing, to form consortia led by corporate leaders to venture into commercial fishing and develop and manage integrated processing complexes and mega-fishing ports. This will secure economies of scale, modernise operations, enhance ventures into export markets and also attract foreign vessels to land their catches in Malaysia. It will also strengthen linkages among fishing, processing and supporting industries. Joint ventures between local and foreign private sector will be promoted under the Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT), Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippine-East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) and the Indonesia-Malaysia-Singapore-Growth Triangle (IMS-GT) to engage in distant-water fishing.
In the era of science and technology, R&D will be the fulcrum for innovations in products and services designs for revitalising fisheries industry in the 21st century. Fisheries Research Institute of the future will be vastly different from the ones present today. In the future, the way we think will be different, the way we do research will be different, and the way we work will be different. Therefore, the best way to prepare for the future of this institution is to experience it today. At FRI, our research programme is set against the backdrop of the fisheries industry tomorrow.
Vision
In line with the NAP3, FRI's vision for the next millennium is to provide scientific advice, in order to achieve an efficient, high productivity and highly competitive fisheries production and management systems. Fish stocks, once threatened by overfishing, environmental degradation and habitat loss, will be restored and managed sustainably. Local stocks will contribute in important ways to the national food supply, and local fishing communities will benefit directly consequently. Aquaculture will play an increasingly important role, especially when it is community-based, contributes positively to the need for protein, and in some cases restores or maintains wild fish stocks, and employs environmentally benign methods.
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