September 2019 - Penang Monthly

Only Aquaculture Can Make Seafood Production Sustainable

5 min read

International students attending summer course at CEMACS. This was their field trip to the oyster culture farm. With them is Pak Su, the owner of the oyster c...

Annette Jaya Ram

Teach a Woman to Fish…

5 min read

One worker in two in the seafood industry is a woman. Worldwide, the seafood industry – all activities included – gives work to 120 million people...

Marie Christine Monfort

Looking Seawards: The Benefits of the Blue Economy Await Penang

12 min read

Penang’s economy, culture and environment are defined as much by the water that surrounds its shoreline as it is by the land on which its people live an...

Ipoh – A Place to Visit for the Art Enthusiast

6 min read

Lau Chee Wah, ruddy-looking for 82, still takes orders for his traditional chick blinds.THE double-storey shoplots along Lorong Bijeh Timah (Postcode: 300...

Mak Yong – A Rich Regional Tradition under Threat

8 min read

Mak Yong performances of the old usually last for a week or more.The ancient, ritualistic folk theatre Mak Yong was declared a Masterpiece of the Oral and...

Making Woodcraft Grow in Penang

3 min read

Originally from Klang, Nick Pereira is among a handful of people who possess a passion for woodworking, and for everything that has to do with wood. He has be...

Climbing the Back Left Flipper of Penang Island

5 min read

Drone shot of the south-western tip of Penang, Tanjung Gertak Sanggul.If you are to look at Penang on a map, it becomes immediately apparent that Penang I...

Penang’s Fisheries Industry in Numbers

3 min read

For many years, the fisheries sector in Penang has played an important role in poverty reduction, as well as in achieving food security. Although fisheries cont...

The Supplier of Local Seafood in Tanjung Bungah

3 min read

A fisherman sorting out his net.Along Penang’s north-west coastline, semi-wooden houses lie in the shade of skyscrapers. Even before the sun rises a...

The Fish Farmer of Tanjung Piandang

4 min read

Tan Wei Kang.Have you ever wondered where the siakap or ang sai that you just ate for lunch or dinner came from? Most of us would think it was caught from...

We’re All Eating Plastic!

4 min read

Does that not scare you?The amount of plastics in our oceans has long been cause for serious concern, causing habitat damage and the death of marine life. P...

Norlaila Mohd Zanuri

Save Our Seafood through Sustainable Production and Consumption!

4 min read

Malaysian coastal marine resources are declining due to overfishing.Results from the last fish resource survey carried out by the Department of Fisheries (D...

Chitra Devi G