Lower supply of seafood after festive season

Costly: Grouper being sold at the Batu Lanchang Wet Market in Penang. — LIM BENG TATT/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: Expect to pay more for exotic fish such as grouper at Chinese restaurants despite the end of the recent festive period.

This is because most fish farmers have only started replenishing their stocks following the huge demand for must-have items that symbolise “abundance” during Chinese New Year (CNY).