LTT Aquaculture eyes 3-fold rise in output

Prized fish: Lu holding an empurau. He says his farm currently had some 20,000 tails of the fish of various sizes.

KUCHING: LTT Aquaculture Sdn Bhd targets to increase production of empurau fish by three folds to 10,000 tails a year as it has secured solid export markets for the highly-prized freshwater fish.

Live empuraus fetch RM750 a kg in domestic market and between RM800 and RM850 a kg when exported.