KUALA LUMPUR: Siang Pau reported that Malaysia’s seafood exports to Singapore have gone down by 50pc following the Covid-19 (novel coronavirus) outbreak.
A member of the National Fishermen’s Association (Nekmat) board of directors, Heng Hee Seng, was quoted as saying that the export of fish such as giant seabass and snappers to the island state was badly affected.
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“Fish meant for export to Singapore are mostly from offshore fish farms, ” he said, adding that the export of seabass to Thailand was not affected and remained at between 20 and 50 tonnes daily.
Tan Kian Poh, a fish farm operator at Bukit Tambun in Penang, said his supply of mantis prawns that had been affected since the protests in Hong Kong had now dropped to zero as there was no demand.
