Annual Landings & Value of Freshwater Fish from Inland Fisheries by State & Waterbody
Data as of 2025Annual landings, wholesale value and retail value of freshwater fish caught in public waterbodies (inland fisheries), by state and type of waterbody.
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How is this data produced?
Data on landings of freshwater fish from inland fisheries in Malaysia is collected via surveys and censuses conducted by the Department of Fisheries (DOF). Inland fisheries refers to the capture of fish in public waterbodies (rivers, ex-mining pools, dams, lakes and others), as opposed to aquaculture, which is published separately. Accordingly, this data reflects landings recorded by the DOF only; fish caught by individuals for personal consumption are not included.
Wholesale and retail values are estimates of the value of the landings at wholesale and retail prices respectively, in RM.
What caveats I should bear in mind when using this data?
Not every measure is published for every year: wholesale value is available from 2011, and retail value for 2012-2013 and from 2016. Sarawak has no data for 2005-2010 and Sabah none for 2007-2009, so national totals for those years exclude them; W.P. Labuan is included from 2011. National totals may be slightly different to the sum of state values, and totals to the sum of waterbodies, due to rounding.
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Dataset description
Annual landings, wholesale value and retail value of freshwater fish caught in public waterbodies (inland fisheries), by state and type of waterbody.
Variable definitions
- Date
- State
- Waterbody
- Measure
- Value
Name in Dataset | Variable | Definition |
|---|---|---|
date (Date) | Date | The date in YYYY-MM-DD format, with MM-DD set to 01-01 as the data is at annual frequency |
state (Categorical) | State | The state where the fish was landed, or Malaysia for the national total |
waterbody (Categorical) | Waterbody | The type of public waterbody: rivers, ex-mining pools, dams, lakes, others, or 'total' for all waterbodies |
measure (Categorical) | Measure | What the value measures: 'landings' (metric tonnes), 'value_wholesale' (wholesale value in RM) or 'value_retail' (retail value in RM) |
value (Float) | Value | Landings in metric tonnes if measure is 'landings'; otherwise value in RM |
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10 Oct 2026, 22:57
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- Department of Fisheries
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Connect directly to the data with Python.
# If not already installed, do: pip install pandas fastparquet
import pandas as pd
URL_DATA = 'https://storage.data.gov.my/agriculture/fish_landings_inland.parquet'
df = pd.read_parquet(URL_DATA)
if 'date' in df.columns: df['date'] = pd.to_datetime(df['date'])
print(df)Sample OpenAPI query
The following code is an example of how to make an API query to retrieve the data catalogue mentioned above. You can use different programming languages by switching the code accordingly. For a complete guide on possible query parameters and syntax, please refer to the official Open API Documentation.
import requests
import pprint
url = "https://api.data.gov.my/data-catalogue?id=fish_landings_inland&limit=3"
response_json = requests.get(url=url).json()
pprint.pprint(response_json)
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