Fish farming land development nears completion

TDT | Manama

Seventy per cent of development work in lands designated for fish farming investment in the Ras Hayyan area has been completed, Minister of Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning Eng Essam bin Abdullah Khalaf revealed yesterday.

He said that this was being done to prepare to invite investors interested in launching projects to breed fingerlings, with the aim of achieving a volume that would be commercially viable in order to supply the local market.

The Works Minister conducted an inspection visit of the land, accompanied by the ministry’s Agriculture and Marine Resources Affairs Dr Nabil Abu Al Fath and Roads Projects and Maintenance Directorate director Bader Al Alawi. The Works Minister was briefed on the plans of the project, which is being held in partnership with the private sector to raise the production levels from local fingerlings.

The importance of taking advantage of marine areas for fish cultivation in the southeast of Bahrain was stressed, most especially in the period following the summer season, in order to provide an opportunity to support fish farming in a natural marine environment.