RM150mil to modernise fishing with high-tech vessels


PUTRAJAYA: The government has allocated RM150mil under the Food Security Fund (DJM) and provided soft loans to fishermen for the acquisition of modern high-tech vessels, says the Fisheries Department.

The assistance is for developing the coastal fisheries industry through a vessel modernisation programme, encouraging the use of environmentally-friendly equipment, and improving fishing tools and the efficiency of vessels in Zone A and Zone B, it added.

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