Maritime Institute of Malaysia (MIMA)

A stakeholders' meeting to discuss the problems, issues and challenges faced by the Malaysian marine leisure industry was held at the E&O Hotel in Penang on 26 July 2010.  Hosted by Association of Marine Industries Malaysia (AMIM), the meeting was attended by marina operators, industry players in the boating industry, and officials from state and Federal agencies.

Following the 1st National Marine Industries Forum which MIMA co-organised with Malaysian Industry-Government High Technology (MIGHT) and in May 2010, a working group consisting of players in the marine leisure industry in Malaysia was set up to look into issues in the industry and coming up with recommendations to promote its growth and development.  MIMA has been involved in the working group and has hosted several of its meetings.

Sailboats competing in Monsoon Cup, Malaysia's premiere boat race.  Malaysia has the ingredients to become a major stopover in the region for boating enthusiasts
(Photo : http://pinkturtle2.wordpress.com/2008/08/11/4535/)

Visits to MISC Bhd, Port Klang Authority and NGV Tech Sdn Bhd
22 July 2010

Group photo of the course participants and MIMA's researchers with MISC's team

The Maritime Institute of Malaysia (MIMA) in collaboration with the Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences (IOES), University of Malaya and the Malaysian Nature Society (MNS) will be organising the above event on 3 August, 2010.  This is basically a follow-up to the Seminar, entitled Marine Mammals Conservation in Malaysia: Adopting Sustainable Management Strategies, organised by MIMA in 2009, where various issues and threats on marine mammals' survival were discussed. One of the major shortcomings identified was the absence of a national marine mammal stranding response network in the country.

This Roundtable Discussion therefore aims to identify issues threatening the survival of marine mammals and heighten the need for their conservation, review current standards and procedures of rehabilitating stranded marine mammals in the country, explore expertise and facilities of relevant agencies and organisations in handling marine mammal strandings, introduce appropriate protocols for the handling of marine mammal strandings, and propose for the setting up of a National Marine Mammal Stranding Response Network.