Islands in Malacca to be gazetted as marine park

Pulau Undan, Pulau Nangka and Pulau Dodol will be gazetted as the first national marine park in Malacca pending approval from the state government.

Deputy Agriculture and Food Industries Minister 1 Ahmad Hamzah (above) said the islands, covering an area of one nautical mile off the coast, would be gazetted under Section 41 of the Fisheries Act 1985 (Act 317) to ensure the sustainability of marine biodiversity in the area.

“The state Fisheries Department had been conducting a study since 2018 and it had found 81 species of hard corals and 19 species of...