Kota Kinabalu: The State Government is focusing on the downstream processing of seafood into high quality products, said Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor.
He said Sabah is among the main exporters of fresh fish produce in Malaysia, contributing RM2.03 billion or about 15.7 per cent annually to the state’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
“With the Federal empowerment on deep sea fishing to the Fisheries Department of Sabah, there are huge potentials for investors to venture into deep SEA fishing and related downstream industries,” he said, when officiating the 12th Edition of the Livestock, Aquaculture and Agriculture (LAA Sabah) Exhibition at the Sabah International Convention Centre (SICC), Friday.