TUMPAT: Some 90 cage fish farmers in Laguna Sri Tujoh here have suffered a total loss of more than RM1mil when all their fish stock died due to the overflow of contaminated water in the recent first wave of floods.
SIEM REAP, (Cambodia): Hundreds of people, armed with traditional fishing gear such as woven bamboo traps and nylon nets, waded in thigh-deep muddy waters in a natural lake here on Sunday (Feb 9) to catch fish in a fish-catching ceremony.
Soe Pyae Kyaw, 39, who hails from Myanmar, stumbled into fish farming four years after working as a seafood deliveryman in Singapore.
An extensive facility in Prey Veng province’s Peamro district is producing tens of thousands of fish hatchlings to support Cambodia’s aquaculture industry.
GUA MUSANG: The current hot weather phenomenon has resulted in a freshwater fish farmer, here, facing losses as ponds dried up and some of his approximately 150,000 fish livestock have died since last month.
Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Sunday (March 16, 2025)
Once practised throughout Europe, the custom has all but died out – but a community of enthusiasts has kept the flame going in this coastal town, earning a spot on the Unesco Intangible Cultural Heritage list.
SINGAPORE: Investigators hired by the board of eFishery Pte. have determined the Indonesian startup is in far worse shape than they previously thought, and that investors are likely to get back less than 10 cents for every dollar they invested, according to documents seen by Bloomberg News.
BANGKOK: The government will start buying invasive fish species blackchin tilapia at 15 baht per kilogramme starting next month at 49 buying stations in 14 provinces, the Agriculture and Cooperatives ministry said on Monday (July 22).
AFTER suffering devastating losses of over RM29mil during Typhoon Lekima last year, fish farmers in Sungai Udang, Nibong Tebal on the Penang mainland are thankful for the fish food aid from the Federal Government.
SIBU: Farmer Munan Laja is the go-to man for the empurau fish, the most expensive fish in the country.
Only a few wild salmon will manage to reproduce in their ancestral spawning grounds in the Rhine and Elbe rivers and people are now intervening to help them choose a mate.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet on Monday released some 1.5 million baby fish and young shrimps into a natural lake here in the country's southeast part to celebrate the 19th National Fish Day.
Soe Pyae Kyaw, 39, who hails from Myanmar, stumbled into fish farming four years after working as a seafood deliveryman in Singapore.
Syaifullah Mahdi, 45, a fish farmer from Gresik, East Java, said he and his fellow smallholders had not expected to lose all of their fish after a tidal flood hit the northern coast of Java in May.
GEORGE TOWN: To stress the value of marine resources, the late Prof Datuk Dr Zulfigar Yasin often used the following anecdote.
JOHOR BARU: The Fisheries Department has taken proactive steps to help fish breeders and farmers weather the impact of the dry spell.
PARIT BUNTAR: Fish supplies leading up to the Chinese New Year festivities are more than adequate to meet the needs of consumers in the country, according to the Fisheries Development Authority.
GEORGE TOWN: Amidst the scorching heatwave, while most people are feeling the burn, local vegetable and fish farmers are thriving under the sun.Instead of withering crops and dwindling supplies, the prolonged dry spell is actually boosting their yields.
Marine farmers have turned Johor into hatchery hub for Peninsular Malaysia.