KOTA KINABALU: A group of conservationists who were diving to check on the health of coral reefs were instead greeted by ghost nets stuck on the corals at Mantanani Island, off Kota Belud, some 100km from here.
The annual Reef Check Malaysia survey on the health status and trends of coral reefs for Sabah had only started last week at the island.
“The nets were originally used for catching fish but were abandoned or thrown away in the sea and now continuously trap fish, turtles and in some cases, large marine life such as sharks and dolphins. According to Reef Check Malaysia, in Tioman alone, 145 nets with an estimated weight of 21 tonnes were collected from 2016 to 2022, suggesting that the danger was more apparent in the area compared to Mantanani.
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