The fishing industry in Brunei is one of the largest contributors of the country's revenue. Fishing is a major source of protein in the diets of the Brunei people. The coastal location on the island of Borneo makes it an ideal location for commercial and subsistence fishing.
Most of the fishing grounds in Brunei are in proximity to the mangrove swamps of Brunei estuaries where there are abundant nutrients for fish to reproduce.[1] Some rare marine species have been captured locally, like the recent blackish green toman caught by local fish enthusiasts by using modern fishing technology.[2]
Many Bruneians live in Kampong Ayer or Water Village, an area of Brunei's capital city, Bandar Seri Begawan, where houses built on stilts above the Brunei River grant easy access to the open water.
Large scale commercial fishing usually involves exporting fresh fish caught to neighbouring countries like China and Taiwan like the recent breeding of the highly demanded fish species like the mouse grouper and coral trout in which the market price is B$160 per kilogram if sold to China and Taiwan.[3] Small scale commercial fishing usually involves the selling of fish caught in the wet market.
- ^ Silvestre, Geronimo (1992). The coastal resources of Brunei Darussalam : status, utilization, and management. Manila, Philippines: International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management on behalf of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations/United States Coastal Resources Management Project. ISBN 978-971-8709-11-5.
- ^ Lucky Angler lands rare green toman. BruDirect [permanent dead link]
- ^ "Fitri Shahminan (August 9, 2010). Local fish-cage operator eyes export to China. The Brunei Times". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved September 18, 2010.