Establishment History

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The history of the Department of Fisheries has gone through several phases of establishment. It began when the British government founded the Colonial Fisheries Unit in 1894 which was later put under the Lower Secretary’s Office For Southern States. Thereafter, it went through the phases of post World War II and independence and then improvements were made through the New Economic Policy (NEP) until present day.

1915 – 1920
Mr. H.C. Robinson
Director
Fisheries Department and Museum
1920 – 1922
Mr. C.F. Green
Director
Fisheries Department and Museum
1922 – 1946
En. David G. Stead
Director
Fisheries Department British Malayan
1915 – 1920
Mr. D.W. LeMare
Acting Director
Fisheries Deparment of The Malayan Union & Singapore
1951 – 1957
Mr. D.W. LeMare
Director
Fisheries Department Pan-Malayan
1957 – 1971
Mr. Soong Min Kong
Acting Director
Fisheries Department, Ministry of Agriculture & Cooperatives
1971 – 1987
YM Tengku Dato’ Ubaidillah bin Abd. Kadir
Director General
Department of Fisheries Malaysia
1987 – 1996
YBhg. Dato’ Shahrom bin Hj. Abd. Majid
Director General
Department of Fisheries Malaysia
1996 – 2000
YBhg. Dato’ Mohd Mazlan bin Jusoh
Director General
Department of Fisheries Malaysia
2000 – 2003
YBhg. Dato’ Hashim bin Ahmad
Director General
Department of Fisheries Malaysia
2003 – 2010
YBhg. Dato’ Junaidi bin Che Ayub
Director General
Department of Fisheries Malaysia
2010 – 2014
YBhg. Dato’ Ahamad Sabki bin Mahmood
Director General
Department of Fisheries Malaysia
2015 – 2017
YBhg. Datuk Hj. Ismail bin Abu Hassan
Director General
Department of Fisheries Malaysia
2017 – 2020
YBhg. Dato’ Hj. Munir bin Hj. Mohd Nawi
Director General
Department of Fisheries Malaysia
2020 – 2021
YBhg. Dato’ Ahmad Tarmidzi bin Ramly, AMK
Director General
Department of Fisheries Malaysia
2022 – 2023
YBhg. Datuk Haji Mohd Sufian bin Sulaiman
Director General
Department of Fisheries Malaysia
2023 – Present
YBhg. Dato’ Adnan bin
Hussain
Director General
Department of Fisheries Malaysia

Department of Fisheries Malaysia Logo Evolution

1971 UNTIL 1987

1987 UNTIL 1994

14 UNTIL NOW

Department of Fisheries Malaysia Songs

LAGU DASAR JABATAN
(1991 sehingga 2013)
Ikrar kita pasti laksana
Dasar Jabatan Perikanan
Harus membantu dan juga memaju
Penternak dan nelayan
Mari kita sama berikrar
Tingkatkan semangat bekerja
Sedia berbakti pada negara
Itulah sumpah setia
Tabah semangat dan berusaha
Hadapi segala cabaran
Tekun kerja tingkatkan disiplin
Kita akan berjaya
Sama-sama berganding bahu
Capaikan hasrat cita murni
Sedia berkhidmat di mana saja
Bersatu kita maju

Lyricist : Dato’ Johari Ramli

MENERAJUI PERUBAHAN
(2013 sehingga 2019)
Wawasan digalas bersama
Membawa panji-panji perubahan
Lembah dan lautan diharungi
Segala rintangan kita tempuhi
Janji kita ditepati kejayaan menghampiri
Kita warga Jabatan Perikanan
Harus berbangga dan megah
Kejayaan kita milik bersama
Perikanan menuju ke puncak jaya
Langkah kita teruskan semangat semakin membara
Merempuh segala halangan dengan misi yang gagah
Menerajui perubahan perikanan negara dipersada dunia
Kita warga Jabatan Perikanan
Harus berbangga dan megah
Kejayaan kita milik bersama
Perikanan menuju ke puncak jaya
Oo… Kita warga Jabatan Perikanan
Harus berbangga dan megah
Kejayaan kita milik bersama
Perikanan menuju ke puncak jaya
Perikanan menuju ke puncak jaya

Lyricist : En. Mohamad Shaupi Derahman
Composer : Rima Rashid

SATRIA PERIKANAN
(2019)
Semangat kita membara
Makmurkan perikanan negara
Biar merentas samudera
Lakarkan gelombang cita
Dari sungai mengalir ke laut terbentang
Beribu kehidupan untuk semua
Jabatan Perikanan Malaysia
Setiaku lestari selamanya
Kanku berjuang bagaikan satria
Melindungi khazanah kita
Samudera biru menjadi saksi
Kejayaan pasti dimiliki
Jabatan Perikanan Malaysia

Lyricist : Jabatan Perikanan Malaysia
Composer : Insp. Mohd Nor Effendy Mohd Yusof

LAGU DASAR JABATAN
(2022)

Ikrar kita pasti laksana
Dasar Jabatan Perikanan
Harus membantu dan juga memaju
Penternak dan nelayan
Mari kita sama berikrar
Tingkatkan semangat bekerja
Sedia berbakti pada negara
Itulah sumpah setia
Tabah semangat dan berusaha
Hadapi segala cabaran
Tekun kerja tingkatkan disiplin
Kita akan berjaya
Sama-sama berganding bahu
Capaikan hasrat cita murni
Sedia berkhidmat di mana saja
Bersatu kita maju

Penulis Lirik : Dato’ Johari Ramli
Gubahan : Rima Rashid

SATRIA PERIKANAN
(2023)
Semangat kita membara
Makmurkan perikanan negara
Biar merentas samudera
Lakarkan gelombang cita
Dari sungai mengalir ke laut terbentang
Beribu kehidupan untuk semua
Jabatan Perikanan Malaysia
Setiaku lestari selamanya
Kanku berjuang bagaikan satria
Melindungi khazanah kita
Samudera biru menjadi saksi
Kejayaan pasti dimiliki
Jabatan Perikanan Malaysia

Penulis Lirik : Jabatan Perikanan Malaysia
Gubahan : Insp. Mohd Nor Effendy Mohd Yusof

1909

The British Government amended The Fisheries Ordinance 1909 in 1912, 1924 and 1926.

1951

The Fisheries Rules 1951 was introduced and The Fisheries Ordinance 1909 was repealed.

1963

21st January 1963

Enforcement of the Fisheries Act 1963 in Peninsular Malaysia to control fisheries management activities through licensing of fishing equipment, establishment of prohibited areas, limiting fishing methods and areas and limiting the size of nets. The Merchant Shipping Ordinance (MSO) 1952 applies in the licensing aspect of fishing vessels.

1973

3rd March 1963

The Government of Malaysia signed Act 686, the International Trade in Endangered Species Act 2008.

1986

1st January 1986

Enforcement of the Fisheries Act 1985 or Act 317. Include more comprehensive and complete provisions covering aspects of management, resource conservation, control and development of the fisheries sector. In line with the Exclusive Economic Zone Act 1984 and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is also included in this act in order to manage, conserve and control fishery resources in the waters of the Exclusive Economic Zone.

1993

September 1993

The Fisheries Act 1985 was amended and enforced. Several things are taken into account in making this amendment, namely the definition of local fishing vessels, appeal period, fine limits, penalties, licensing matters, temporary return of seized vessels.