Pollution costs Selangor cockle farmers their livelihood


Mohd Farhan Darwis

RIVER pollution in the west coast of Selangor has affected the livelihoods of fishermen, especially cockle farmers, in Klang, Kuala Selangor and Sabak Bernam.

Cockle harvests have declined by more than 90%, causing the farmers to turn elsewhere for income, they told The Malaysian Insight.


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  • Corruption and negligence kills nature as well as people.

    Posted 3 years ago by Malaysia New hope

  • Selangor will be the next state to fall after Sabah. The Selangor MB is quite hopeless.

    Posted 3 years ago by Elyse Gim