Fishermen to get HDPE cages after fish wiped out

New beginning: Sim (in white shirt) handing over juvenile fish to fishermen at Kampung Nelayan Kukup in Johor.

PONTIAN: Fourty-four Kukup fishermen who suffered losses close to RM5mil after their fish died due to water pollution recently will receive two High-density polyethylene (HDPE) floating cages.

The HDPE cages, each worth RM50,000 are widely used by fish farmers in developed countries are robust and allows the easy movement of large quantities of fish.