: The Department of Fisheries is urging young fishermen throughout the country to explore the downstream industry in the fisheries sector to help strengthen their income.
He said the involvement of young fishermen is very important to the country’s fisheries sector especially in the DOF’s efforts to ensure a sustainable national food security. “The same goes for the downstream industry which is growing at the moment, for example, making keropok , dried fish and others because the fishing industry is not only focused on catching fish but can be developed by running a seafood processing business,“ he said in a press conference here today.