Fish farmer’s switch to eel pays off


No regrets: Zakaria holding an eel from one of his ponds at Kampung Kubang Puyu near Langkap. The global demand for eels has helped Zakaria turn a profit with his venture. — Bernama

SETIU: A drop in demand for catfish led Zakaria Harun to switch to eels instead.

The fish farmer, who once had a career in the oil and gas industry, said at one point in 2012 he was producing 17 metric tonnes of catfish a month, but after the hunger for them fell due to pricing issue, he decided to taper his production to just five metric tonnes now.

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