Red tilapia farmer suffers RM50,000 loss after fish die


By GC TAN

JITRA: A fish breeder suffered a huge setback after four tonnes of his red tilapia died due to oxygen levels dropping to zero at his aquaculture farm in Sungai Santap, some 22km from here.

Halim Ishak, 47, of Padang Sera, who has been breeding red tilapia there for the past 16 years, said he suffered RM50,000 in losses.

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