Journal of Borneo Social Transformation Studies (JOBSTS), Vol. 5. No. 1, 2019 ISSN 2462-2095 Universiti Malaysia Sabah 114 THE GENDERED TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE IN THE FISH CAGE INDUSTRY: A CASE STUDY OF KAMPUNGTARITIPAN, KOTA MARUDU, SABAH Nivasini Tamothran 1, Rosazman Hussin 1 & Fadzilah Majid Cooke Borneo Institute for Indigenous Studies (BorIIS), Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia nivas6272@gmail.com ABSTRACT Traditional knowledge has been thought by scholars in the recent past as consisting of cultural beliefs and traditions in a given community that has developed over time and has been passed from generation to generation. The development of knowledge has the potential to change the nature of gender relations within the community. Nevertheless, traditional knowledge has become more encompassing since it has been restructured by new forms of knowledge, from informal education to governance. There are also hesitations and critique that these changes made a realization that traditional knowledge is gendered. This paper provides an overview of the gendered traditional knowledge in the fish cage industry, especially the more well-known product of hybrid grouper fish (Epinephelus sp). In this context, the gendered knowledge was evident through the view’s men held about women’s fisher knowledge. The major methods used in this study were in-depth interviews, focus-group discussion and participant observation at the fish cage culture in KampungTaritipan, Kota Marudu. Keyword: Gendered Traditional Knowledge and Fish Cage Industry INTRODUCTION The development of knowledge changes the understanding of gender roles with their division of work. The gender role of men and women is associated with household structure, access to resources, specific impacts of the global economy, politics and other locally relevant factors such as ecological conditions (FAO, 1997). Men and women have different experimental knowledge based on their division of work and social constraints (Warren, 2000). However, women’s roles are considered invisible work. Therefore, Agarwal (1992) pointed out that the development of traditional knowledge is seen to disproportionately affect women by excluding them from the process and tends to be gendered knowledge (Crow &Farhana, 2002). Gendered knowledge in this paperrefers to the women’s fishers actively involved in the fish cage industry. Worldwide, the fishery and aquaculture production activities provide revenues to an estimated 155 million people, of whom a substantial proportion is female. Gender analysis in fishing communities is still in its infancy and is mostly limited to the different occupational roles according to gender (FAO, 2012).Their role limited to the pre- and post-harvest sector concentrating on financing the fleet, processing and marketing the catch. Evidence shows that despite all the cultural and economic diversity within the European Union, the position and