Foreign trawlers costing fisheries industry RM6bil every year

Several foreign boats impounded by MMEA for fishing in Malaysian waters. — Bernama

LABUAN: The gross value of fisheries output totalled some RM14bil last year, with the highest amount coming from fish catch, and the remaining shared by the aquaculture and land fisheries industries, respectively.

The fish catch output value recorded RM11bil while RM2.9bil was through aquaculture and land fisheries (freshwater breeding) was RM0.1 bil.