Around Merlimau are the Sebatu and Simpang Pantai Aquaculture Zones. Kuala Sebatu is occupied by few fisherman boats and has a view of mangrove trees and the Malacca Straits. This area measuring 550 hectares in Sebatu has been identified as the site for the High Impact Project for the Aquaculture Industry to cultivate and harvest green molluscs. With this project, the Agriculture & Agro-based Industry Ministry hopes to increase molluscs harvesting in the state by three-fold before the end of the 9th Malaysian Plan (ref: NST 14 December 2007). The Kuala Sebatu jetty is considered as one of the oldest jetty in Melaka stateship (ref: Utusan Malaysia 06/10/2009).