MMEA seizes three illegal 'bubu naga' traps, spotted while patrolling off Melaka waters


MELAKA: The Melaka and Negri Sembilan Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) seized three sets of the outlawed “bubu naga” fish traps about 1.0 nautical miles west of the Sungai estuary here on Wednesday (April 28).

The agency's director Maritime Captain Haris Fadzillah Abdullah (pic) said the fish traps were spotted at three locations by an MMEA boat that was patrolling the waters off Melaka at about 3.35pm Wednesday.

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