MRF began to broaden its workshop and in June 2015 a total of 96 participants including 53 fishermen from Kuching, Sibu, Bintulu, Miri, Sarikei and Mukah attended as well as 43 DOFM officers.
- The workshop gave an introduction to TEDs, Malaysia TED studies and the implementation plan for Malaysia. these workshops also gave opportunity for a dialogue between fishermen, officers and researchers.
- Fishermen were shown TED insertion and extension and were taken to sea to compare differences between trawls with and without TEDs.
