Ministry targets 958,000 tonnes of aquaculture output by 2030

Che Abdullah (right) chatting with pumpkin farmer Rohaya Mahmud, 45, in Kampung Kandis, Bachok in Kelantan. — Bernama

THE Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industries is targeting an output of 958,000 tonnes worth RM9.08bil in the aquaculture sector by 2030.

Its Deputy Minister II Datuk Che Abdullah Mat Nawi said to achieve this target, the government was using the pro-business approach including the private sector’s involvement to take the aquaculture sector to greater heights.

“The other strategies include enhancing the existing livestock farming system and encouraging the development of new aquaculture projects on small and medium-scale in clusters, ”