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Annual shrimp season is back!

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MUKAH: The wet market at Mukah old town here has become a focal point for locals for the past three days following the abundance of marine products, especially shrimps and various kinds of fishes.

It seemed that the annual shrimp season is back which saw various types and sizes of shrimps for sale at the wet market at reasonable prices.

Shrimps for sale at Mukah Wet Market yesterday morning.

Locally known as ‘payak’ (reddish shrimps) are sold at RM8 per kilogramme, or 2 kgs for RM15 and RM20 for 3 kgs.

A check made at the Mukah Wet Market yesterday revealed that apart from shrimps, sharks and tunas were also on sale.

Over at Pekan Sabtu Oya about 30 kms for here, fish mongers there were selling shrimps at RM5 per kg which caused some locals willing to go the extra miles to get the shrimps.

Some shrimps were even snapped immediately by buyers upon landing at the jetty there.

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