PUTRAJAYA: Only half of the 800,000 tonnes of fish caught in Malaysian waters make it to shore every year, says the Fisheries Department.
Its director-general Datuk Munir Mohd Nawi said one of the reasons was because local fisherman were selling their catch to their counterparts in foreign vessels. And the trade is conducted in the middle of the sea.
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