Payak season is back!!

MUKAH: People can now buy ‘payak’ (red shrimps) at a much cheaper price than usual as its season has already begun. According to a 48-year-old fisherman Wardi Norsidi, every time the payak season would arrive, the people at Mukah could purchase the much-enjoyed seafood for as low as RM10 per kilo compared to the regular […]

A bountiful harvest of red shrimps

MALUDAM: The red shrimp season (payak) is back again, with fishermen bringing ashore these crustaceans in bulk once a year as a source of extra income — and this time, it also comes when the Muslims will be celebrating Hari Raya. This also happened to five fishermen who fortunately caught 7,400kg of red shrimps in […]