Encroachment happened
when they clear-felled the mangrove area and converted the land
into settlement area. Although the cockle farmers have acquired
legal licensing which is given by the state fisheries department,
monitoring of their activities is necessary since the cockle farming
and illegal settlement which involved the clear felling of the
mangrove area were detected within the mangrove forest reserve
area. It is important to monitor the farming activities once it comes
to the matter of encroachment of the mangrove area, since its
location, which is between the land and the sea, plays an important
role in fisheries, coastal protection and conservation of biodiversity
of both flora and fauna.