AsiaOne has launched EarthOne, a new section dedicated to environmental issues because we love the planet and we believe science. Find articles like this there. Thirty years ago, fishermen in Mukim Tanjung Kupang could go out for their morning catch and return with kilos of crabs and prawns, earning hundreds, sometimes thousands of ringgit a week. Now, they barely.
ISKANDAR PUTERI: A man who witnessed the daily struggles of fishermen since he was young decided to set up a market that pays them fairly for their hard work.Shalan Jum’at was in kindergarten when he started braving the seas with his fisherman father.