Fishermen in the country are encouraged to register with the Awareness, Safety, Maritime Community 2.0 (K3M 2.0) application developed by the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) to help curb the encroachment of foreign fishermen into Malaysian waters.
Malaysian Fisheries Development Authority chairman Datuk Irmohizam Ibrahim said registering with the mobile phone application would enable local fishermen to channel information on encroachment of Malaysian waters by foreign fishermen to RMN for immediate action. The application was launched last week at the Defence Services Asia exhibition 2018. The K3M 2.0 is an upgrade version of the K3M application launched in March last year which aimed at providing a platform for the maritime community in the country to work closely with the RMN.
Irmohizam said the K3M 2.0 application introduced new features such as web-based Sea Alert equipped with satellite facilities which enabled fishermen and large vessels to channel information to the RMN. Protecting the nation’s marine treasures is very important as last year alone, the country lost about RM5 billion due to encroachment by foreign fishermen, he told reporters at an event with fishermen in the Kuala Selangor parliamentary constituency here today.