Awam Faridah Hj Hassan
Fatin Amanina Zaid
Fatin Nur Rosli
Ili Nabihah Ahmad
Wan Nurul Amirah Wan Abd Aziz
Ummi Kalthum Ab Mujib
Arshad Ayub
Graduate Business School,
Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam
Co-operative Commission of Malaysia has identified Agriculture as a potential sector to further develop. The objective is to contribute 6% of the GDP in 2014 and 10% in 2020. In Malaysia, 6.78 million people or 27% of the total population are members of co-operatives. Fisheries Co-operative society is formed for the promotion of thrift, self help and mutual assistance of the members. Therefore, this paper aims to highlight on the fishery subsectors under co-operative in Sabah to drive its growth especially in Ko-Nelayan Sabah. A comparative study was done based on literature review, descriptive study on a successful Hokkaido Fisheries of Cooperatives to emulate some factors to be recommended in Malaysia.
