YBhg. Dato’ Haji Adnan bin Hussain, Director-General of Fisheries Malaysia, attended the launch ceremony of the 2024 Agricultural Census Interim Report, which was officiated by YAB Dato’ Sri Haji Fadillah bin Haji Yusof, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy Transition and Water Transformation (PETRA), held at MAEPS, Serdang, Selangor.
The 2024 Agricultural Census, conducted by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM), aims to obtain comprehensive baseline data for the agricultural sector.
In the aquaculture sector, this involves the farming of fish, shrimp, shellfish, and seaweed in freshwater, brackish, and marine environments. The 2024 Agricultural Census reported a total production of 484.3 thousand metric tonnes of marine and freshwater fish, while the production of fish broodstock, fry, and ornamental fish amounted to 6.5 billion individuals.
Also present at the event were YB Datuk Arthur Joseph Kurup, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Security; YBhg. Datuk Seri Isham bin Ishak, Secretary-General of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security; and YBhg. Dato’ Sri Dr. Mohd Uzir Bin Mahidin, Chief Statistician of Malaysia and Commissioner of the 2024 Agricultural Census.
