An Assessment of the Carrying Capacity of Sipadan Island Park, Sabah, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Nasrulhakim Maidin, Bernardette Mabel Manjaji Matsumoto, Muhammad Ali Syed Hussein, Rimi Ripin
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Transactions on Science and Technology 2016
• Subjects: G154.9-155.8 Travel and state. Tourism; SH201-399 Fisheries
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29205/1/An%20assessment%20of%20the%20carrying%20capacity%20of%20Sipadan%20island%20park%2C%20Sabah%2C%20Malaysia%20.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29205/2/An%20assessment%20of%20the%20carrying%20capacity%20of%20Sipadan%20island%20park%2C%20Sabah%2C%20Malaysia%201.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29205/; http://tost.unise.org/pdfs/vol3/no2-2/3_2-2_444-448.pdf

Sipadan Island is a small oceanic island in Malaysia, and renowned as one of the world’s top ten dive destination. However, it was only recently that the island was gazetted as a Marine Protected Area. The aim of this study is to assess the carrying capacity of Sipadan Island Park. The objectives ar...