Malaysian fisheries employ multiple measures to improve management; however, not all are well‐suited to the multispecies fisheries. As part of a pilot project, an individual quota system was introduced for the purse‐seine fishery off the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia (ECPM), but no assessment of this particular measure nor the feasibly of its implementation has been confirmed. Therefore, this study analysed spatial and temporal patterns of purse‐seine fishing, by collecting catch composition data per landing and its fishing ground within three period fishery surveys between August 2017 and September 2018 at six different landing sites. Similarity and cluster analysis examined species composition and diversity to determine the feasibility of implementing a single‐species quota system in this multispecies fishery. Some overlapped of indices results and minor difference in catch composition were found due to changes in spatial and temporal fishing activities. However, no specific spatial or temporal patterns were discernible as structuring the fishing grounds used by purse‐seiners. The absence of patterns, using the available data, might be attributable to huge species aggregations and widely distributed and homogenously mixed fish stocks. Thus, it is likely impractical to manage species individually in such a multispecies fishery.

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采用单一物种配额制度管理马来西亚多物种围网渔业的可行性

马来西亚渔业采取多种措施来改善管理；但是，并非所有人都非常适合多物种渔业。作为试点项目的一部分，为马来西亚半岛东海岸（ECPM）附近的围网渔业引入了单独的配额制度，但尚未确认对该特定措施的评估或实施的可行性。因此，本研究通过收集2017年8月至2018年9月期间在六个不同登陆点的三个时期的渔业调查中每个登陆点及其渔场的渔获物成分数据，分析了围网捕鱼的时空格局。相似性和聚类分析检查了物种组成和多样性，以确定在这种多物种渔业中实施单物种配额制度的可行性。由于时空捕捞活动的变化，发现指标结果有些重叠，而渔获量构成方面的细微差别。但是，在构造围网捕捞者使用的渔场时，没有可辨别的特定空间或时间模式。使用现有数据，缺乏模式可能归因于巨大的物种聚集以及分布广泛且种类均匀的鱼类种群。因此，在这种多物种渔业中单独管理物种可能是不切实际的。可能归因于巨大的物种聚集以及分布广泛且种类均匀的鱼类种群。因此，在这种多物种渔业中单独管理物种可能是不切实际的。可能归因于巨大的物种聚集以及分布广泛且种类均匀的鱼类种群。因此，在这种多物种渔业中单独管理物种可能是不切实际的。