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FISHING can be a path to a better life for youths and that’s the message that needs to be pushed, say industry players.

SOCIOECONOMIC and quality-of-life issues are priorities among Malaysians for the unity government to address, according to a recent survey titled 100 Days of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s Administration as Prime Minister.

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 1 — Conditions for fishermen to apply for funding under the Vessel Modernisation and Equipment Mechanisation programme will be relaxed after most of the RM150 million allocated by the government to assist the group has not been distributed. Agriculture and Food Industries Minister...

The fight to bring back Malaysia’s dwindling fish population MalaysiaNow 23/1/2021 © Provided by MalaysiaNow Once something’s gone it’s not always possible to bring it back, but this is exactly what the fisheries department is attempting to do with the country’s marine life, long a victim of overfishing and unsustainable trawling. MalaysiaNow previously reported that 96% of Malaysia’s demersal fish stock – fish that live and feed on or near the bottom of the ocean – had been l...