Agreement To Boost Seafood Sector
By Lyna Mohammad

Bandar Seri Begawan - The seafood processing sector received a major boost yesterday with the signing of an agreement between the Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources and four local companies.

The signing ceremony for the agreement on the rental of site and building between the His Majesty's Government and the four local companies was held at the department's headquarters at the Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources building yesterday.

With the signing of the agreement, the department hopes that these companies will be more committed in increasing and upgrading their production.

The four local companies are Semaun Seafood Sdn Bhd, DB Bumiku Sdn Bhd, TMM Processing Sdn Bhd and Hasmit Icemaker. Representing the government at the signing ceremony was the Fisheries Department's Acting Director Dyg Hjh Hasnah Ibrahim.

Representing Semaun Seafood Sdn Bhd was Awg Haniff Madakia, while DBBumiku Sdn Bhd, TMM Processing Sdn Bhd and Hasmit Icemaker were represented by Awg Hj Bakri HJ Momin, Awg Hj Haripan Hj Aji and Awg Hj Hasbi Pehin Khatib Hj Abdullah respectively.

To date, two companies have successfully ventured into the export market, namely, Semaun Seafood Sdn Bhd and TMM Processing Sdn Bhd, who respectively export Rostrich and Tiger Prawns to United States and Japan and United States, Taiwan and Singapore.

Other companies, meanwhile, target the local market, while firms such as Ice Making Factory support this industry as well as the aquaculture industry.

In an effort to develop the fisheries industry through the processing sector, the government through the

Department of Fisheries has provided industrial sites for the construction of processing factories as well as factory buildings for seafood activities.

The department has implemented several programmes to increase the production of seafood by building the Muara Phase 2 Fish Storage and Distribution Centre.

The department also provided a Fish Production Handling Centre in its efforts to achieve the targets of the processing industry.  -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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