Development Problems of an Open-Access Resource : : The Fisheries of Peninsular Malaysia / / Jin Bee Ooi.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Ooi, Jin Bee,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [1995]; ©1995
• Year of Publication: 1995
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (61 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Tables --; List of Figures --; Acknowledgements --; I. Fisheries of Peninsular Malaysia --; II. Overfishing --; III. Regulation of Fishing Effort in Peninsular Malaysia --; IV. Problems of Fish Resource Management --; V. Discussion --; References --; THE AUTHOR
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9789814376723; 9783110649680; 9783110606690
• DOI: 10.1355/9789814376723
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Jin Bee Ooi.

Developing countries have traditionally been highly dependent on their natural resources for conversion into capital for consumption and development purposes. There is, however, a limit to which some natural resources, notably biotic renewable resources, can be exploited as overexploitation can lead to collapse and in the case of wildlife, extinction. This study focuses on the problems of exploiting an open-access renewable resource: the sea fisheries of Peninsular Malaysia. It traces the history of fisheries development in that country, and shows how open access to a rich resource can rapidly lead to overfishing and serious stock depletion. The various efforts of managing the fisheries are also discussed.