Tuna hub reeling in profits


Rich haul: Fahmi checking a shipment of frozen tuna during his visit to Butterworth.

GEORGE TOWN: As the tuna hub of Malaysia, Penang had more than twice as much tuna last year compared to the previous year, says Fahmi Zainol.

The state agrotechnology, food security, and cooperative development committee chairman said figures from the Fisheries Depart­ment showed 431,000kg of tuna worth RM7.76mil were brought in 2024, more than double the 177,320kg (RM3.19mil) in 2023.

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