11 Jan 2021 - 10:04
By Sanaullah Ataullah | The Peninsula
Doha: Director of Fish Wealth Department at the Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME), Abdulaziz Mohammed Al Dehaimi, has said that fish farming project in floating cages in the sea is fully on track as per plan of the Ministry to ensure food security in the country.
The fish farming projects aims at covering the growing demands of fresh fish in local market maintaining strategic reserve of fish in the sea.
“The Ministry is preparing to mark officially the arrival of first batch of farmed fish barramundi, commonly known as Asian sea bass soon,” Abdulaziz Mohammed Al Dehaimi told The Peninsula during a recent MME event.
MME harvests first batch of farmed shrimps
17 Dec 2020 - 10:19
Shrimps farmed at the Aquatic Research Center at Ras Matbakh. Pic: Abdul Basit/ The Peninsula
Sanaullah Ataullah/ The Peninsula
The Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME), represented by the Fish Wealth Department, has announced to harvest first batch of 900kg vannamei shrimps farmed at its Aquatic Research Center at Ras Matbakh, marking the success of the project.
Center, a nucleus of fish farming projects launched by the Ministry under National Food Security Strategy 2018-23 to support strategic stock of fish in the sea and to increase self-sufficiency of Qatar in fresh food production including fish by releasing baby fish in the sea and supplying to private fish farming facilities at subsidised prices.