Abstract
Problem statement: Global Warming is not a new phenomenon and it is already been felt by people all around the world. Not only the people affected by the global warming, but also our sea. There are a lot of potential threats that can be caused by global warming on the sea such as rise of sea level, changes in waves action, water current and wind velocity, but do one of the main users of the sea which are the fishermen have already felt these impacts? Approach: This is a quantitative study where a developed questionnaire was used to gain the data needed. Through a stratified random sampling a total of 300 registered fishermen from four states in the east coast zone of Peninsular Malaysia namely Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang and East Johor have been selected. Results: This study provided a greater understanding of the fishermen views on the changes that happened to the sea due to the global warming impact. They stressed that the temperature, the rainfall season and the coastal areas have changed. Furthermore, according to them, the sea nowadays are no longer easy to predict as the water current, wind velocity and waves actions can easily change their pattern and endanger them while they are at the sea. Conclusion/Recommendation: Effective actions can be taken to assist the fishermen to adapt to impacts of global warming. One of it is to provide them with more information on global warming. Besides, fishermen in Malaysia also can be provided with trainings in order to provide them with other skills besides fishing.
Highlights
What is Global warming?: The threats of global warming nowadays cannot be lightly taken by the community
Wai et al (2005) have detected a significant increase of the mean annual temperature, ranging from 0.99-3.44°C per 100 years and they have detected that global warming trend in Malaysia has increased in the past 30 years
International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has supported the study done by Wai et al (2005) when they found that the average temperature in Malaysia is predicted to increase between 0.6-4.5°C in 2060
Summary
The global warming impact on the sea: One of the most affected elements of the global warming is our sea. Global warming has been identified to cause threats in air and inland water temperatures, changes in solar radiation, changes in sea surface temperature, changes in other oceanographic variables Sea level rise increases the vulnerability of coastal areas to flood during storms for several reasons. In 2005 the number of productivity was 318,642 tonnes and increased to 386,263 tonnes in 2006, in 2007 a decrease in the fisheries industry productivity in the east coast zone of Peninsular Malaysia was recorded where there was only a total of 336,099 tonnes. Once again the productivity recorded showed a decrease in 2009 where a total of 334,864 tonnes has been landed, a decrease of 26,714 tonnes
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