KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 17): The Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry (MoA) is drawing up the Fishery Sector Development Plan covering the whole market value chain and fishermen's well-being. 

Its minister Datuk Seri Salahuddin Ayub said among the blueprint's main focus would be to strengthen the fishermen associations’ role in increasing the market share, shortening the market value chain and creating alternative market avenues such as online selling or e-commerce to help raise fishermen’s income.