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Sustainable ways of fishing has been applied worldwide as the population of fish is decreasing due to heavy fishing and overexploitation. The famous fish in Sarawak, Tropical shad Tenualosa which locally known as ikan terubok (Terubok fish) is also experiencing a major decline in its population. Therefore, the goal of this study is to investigate the most preferable ways to increase the number of Terubok population in Sarawak. This study reveals that, the regulation factor is the most preferable ways in increasing the number of Terubok population followed by conservation and economics factor. Besides, the willingness to accept (WTA) estimation by using Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) shows that the average amount of compensation that will be given to the Terubok fisherman in order to conserve the Terubok populations is RM 301.08.

The aggregate convergence analysis of female entrepreneurship in selected Asian countries resulted in divergence. The club convergence analysis, however, identified China, Indonesia, and India as outliers. The result is in line with what the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) has found, which is that women are more likely to start their own businesses in developing countries. The remaining countries are categorized into three distinct clubs. The finding shows that the countries with different levels of income and different indices of gender gaps are clustered together. This suggests that female entrepreneurship is not necessarily affected by the level of income and gender gaps. Apart from that, the formation of the convergence clubs may suggest female entrepreneurship as one of the key drivers of globalization.

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