Farmers and Selangor Fisheries Dept take steps to stem declining population, improve harvest


Zulkifly harvesting cockles at his lot in Bagan Nakhoda Omar, Sabak Bernam. — Photos: GRACE CHEN/The Star

THE smell of sea and salt emanated from a bubbling wok as fisherman Mohd Noh Ikanan lifted out a plump blood cockle, pried its shell apart and popped the meat into his mouth.

Caught just an hour before, the freshness was evident as he savoured the mollusc that was an important ingredient in a good bowl of curry laksa.

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