Both the Fisheries Act 1985 and the Wild Life Protection Act 1972 were found to be 
  inadequate. As such, States legislation concentrates on regulated exploitation of turtle 
  through licensing permits for harvesting eggs, with few measures for conservtion objectives 
  (Sharma and gregory, 1996). Therefore, there is an urgent need to focus and to streamline 
  the objective of conservation and protection of turtle. Inrealizing such need, the Department 
  of Fisheries Malaysia together with WWF Malaysia is taking step to formulate a model 
  legislation for the management, conservation and protection of marine turtles and painted 
  terrapin with the hope that this will be accepted by all States and incooperated into their 
  existing turtle Enactments/Regulations.