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Readiness of young Malaysian fishermen to use global positioning system within the fishing operation


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Osman, Mohd Nizam and Omar, Siti Zobidah and Bolong, Jusang and D' Silva, Jeffrey Lawrence and Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril (2014) Readiness of young Malaysian fishermen to use global positioning system within the fishing operation. Asian Social Science, 10 (14). pp. 1-7. ISSN 1911-2017; ESSN: 1911-2025

Abstract

Global Positioning System or GPS is an advanced tool that has been widely used in a number of industries including fisheries industry. The main attempt of the present study has much to do with GPS as it aims to identify young Malaysian fishermen readiness to use GPS within their fishing operation. The study is quantitative in nature where a developed questionnaire was used to collect the required data. A total of 240 young fishermen aged between 15 to 40 years old from four fishing areas in Malaysia were selected as the respondents. Overall, it can be concluded that young Malaysian fishermen are ready to use GPS within their fishing operation. However, their readiness can be further improved if aspects such as financial affordability, number of agencies staff, availability of workshop repairing dysfunction GPS and access to GPS are considered by the related agencies.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Modern Language and Communication
Institute for Social Science Studies
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.5539/ass.v10n14p1
Publisher: Canadian Center of Science and Education
Keywords: Young fishermen; Readiness; GPS; Fishermen development
Depositing User: Nurul Ainie Mokhtar
Date Deposited: 01 Jun 2018 01:50
Last Modified: 05 Oct 2018 04:16
Altmetrics: http://www.altmetric.com/details.php?domain=psasir.upm.edu.my&doi=10.5539/ass.v10n14p1
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53289
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