PENANG: For more than a year, inshore fishermen have been hard hit by the exploits of modified trawlers, which have jeopardised their livelihood.
The state fishermen association (southern district) chairman Arshad Omar yesterday presented a memorandum to Deputy Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry Minister Datuk Mah Siew Keong urging the government to ban modified trawlers.
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