Fishing industry in Brunei

[2] Many Bruneians live in Kampong Ayer or Water Village, an area of Brunei's capital city, Bandar Seri Begawan, where houses built on stilts above the Brunei River grant easy access to the open water.

The net (rantau) hangs from buoys (patau) which float on the surface of the water.

A lintau is used along mudflats near mangroves, while the kelong is set up in the deeper waters of the estuaries.

This has caused Brunei to import fish from other South China Sea fisheries such as neighboring Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak.

Coral reefs off Brunei, as elsewhere, are the main breeding grounds for fish and are threatened due to overfishing.