Under threat from increasing urbanisation, fishing villages along the southern coast of Penang have become one of the last of its kind. Tucked along a bay where many varieties of fishes, prawns, mussels, shellfishes and crabs thrive, Tuan Haji Zakaria calls this place a “golden area”. Tuan Haji Zakaria is a 63 year old fisherman who hails from Sungai Batu. His father was also a fisherman and the surrounding fishing village has depended on the wealth of the sea for many generations. This book describes a little bit of the history of the fishing village on the south of the Penang island, rich with biodiversy and the background to the Penang South Reclamation project (PSR Project) and its impacts on the fishers, environment and marine life.
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Penang South Reclamation Project: Destruction of Biodiversity and Environment
This book describes a little bit of the history of the fishing village on the south of the Penang island, rich with biodiversy and the background to the Penang South Reclamation project (PSR Project) and its impacts on the fishers, environment and marine life.
