Wasit produced 7,000 tons of fish by 2016

Announced Agriculture and Wasit Directorate, for the production of the province for about 7000 tons of fish by 2016, while suggesting to increase the number of lakes and ponds for fish farming governorate (180 km southeast of Baghdad). 
The director of the department, peace Iskandar (long - Presse) that " the preservation of 144 Lake for fish farming, including 50 parked as a result of water scarcity and the non - renewal of their owners licenses , " noting that "operating Lakes operates water surface area of up to about five thousand acres in exchange for a thousand and 156 dunums lakes stalled, and reached its production during 2016 about five thousand tons. " 
Alexander promised that " the granting of loans to the owners of fish production projects helped a lot in increasing numbers, especially the floating docks , one of the most important methods of production , " noting that " the province has 59 basins for breeding fish floating all over the Tigris River." 
He said livestock director in the cultivation of Wasit, that " the total production of the floating docks reached in the past in 2016, amounted to two thousand tons of fish , " pointing out that " the total production of local fish in Wasit province reached seven thousand tons in the past in 2016, except for amounts that shopping for Using the fishermen directly. " 
Iskandar added that " the most important fish - producing species in lakes and Wasit and basins, are carp, Asalafr, chairs and azimuthal" following up " The Department of Agriculture granting the lakes quantity of fodder at subsidized prices, such as barley fodder and maize owners, as well as its lending to new entrepreneurs , according to nature and size. " 
Conversely considered citizens and Asitaon, that local fish prices recorded a "significant reduction" reached about 50 percent compared with the previous duration, enabling low - income owners of taken after that was limited to the wealthy among them. 
He said Zia Abdul Ameer (long - Presse) that " the local fish prices in Wasit has dropped significantly despite the increased demand, as the price of a kilo of which ranges between three to four thousand dinars after it was up to about eight thousand , " attributing it to "the existence of large quantities of fish and the spread of basins and lakes own reared, enabling low - income owners of addressed yet, because they are limited to the wealthy of them. " 
In turn, the fish vendor in the city of Kut, Ali Jawad, in an interview (long - Presse) that " the decline in the price of fish has led to increased demand for it compared to marine species frozen , " asserting that "al - Waasitiyyah families become prefer to fish a lot on red meat and chicken because appropriate prices and the fear of imported chicken and rising domestic prices of him injury. "