KK Fish Market — Local services in Borneo

The only fish market in Kota Kinabalu. Come early if you want to buy fresh fish. Can get Yellow-fin Tuna, Sea Chicken, groupers (many species available), ikan tenggeri, ikan putih, ikan merah, coral fish, baby sharks (including hammerhead sharks), stingray, prawns, crabs, etc.

Some of the stalls would also assist to clean the scales and guts from the fish.

During the monsoon season, there may however not be anything much to buy here as the bad weather does not allow fishermen to go out to sea.

If you don't look like a local and speak with a foreign accent, some of the stalls may try to charge you a higher price. here, it would be better to have a local come together to do the bargaining...

Fish market beside the seaside. So many fresh seafood selection available. Better to look around the whole fish stalls market area before making decisions which seafood offer the freshest and best price. A place which shows how rich biodiversity of each seafood species available in Sabah. So many varieties of Cuttlefish, prawns, octopus, clams and fish in one area especially at these seafood fishing season. Good place to buy fresh octopus. Medium size of fresh octopus cost between RM15 to RM20 per kilogram. Vlog buy fresh octopus in this fish...

Went to this market to get fresh fish and was told that seller can pack accordingly (fish bought here belonged to two different people) without extra charge for us to bring onto the plane. However, after we have transferred the full amount to the seller, he told us to pay an extra RM27 for packaging. When we unpacked the box to divide out the fish, everything was just frozen together like the photos below. This would be my first and last time buying fish to bring home from this...