Fish farming projects clog 40% of consumption

Fish farming projects clog 40% of consumption


 Baghdad / Ahmed Hamid

The Ministry of Agriculture, on Tuesday, that the production of fish farming projects covering about 40% of the actual need of the country, pointing to the possibility of activating a fishing company Iraqi fish through private investment, while economists counting the process of using floating cages developed and applied in the countries of the world technologies, confirmed cultivation of Maysan granted 15 holiday work in floating cages.
The exposed fish wealth in Iraq, a large decline, after the year 2003, due to the scarcity of water and the lack of adequate feed, poor services and pollution of river water. Floating cages in fresh water and is considered the most intensive fish farming systems, through which can overcome the natural obstacles both for land or water.
According to Undersecretary of the Ministry of Agriculture Mehdi ligature Qaisi, (range) that "fish farming projects production covers about 40% of the local need for the country while the import of the remaining quantities, with the difficulty of preventing currently import as long as the national production does not fill the need , " noting that "this the model for fish farming is widespread in all provinces, and the ministry is supported mainly by providing the necessary rations to feed the fish of yellow corn, as we are working on the closed - in areas that do not contain water education are under way. "
He Qaisi expressed confidence " the national production , which will provide about 60% of the actual need, soon," he confirmed his ministry 's reliance on "annual consumer plan based on the assessment of local need each year and compared the national production, and based on identifying the remaining quantity is granted leave import, within the national protection product considerations, but any step is studied under that shortage may occur in the supply leads to a price increase for the problem of nutrition. "
And on the return of Iraqi fishing company, confirmed the technical agent of the Ministry of Agriculture, that " the company has been resolved a long time ago, but I see the possibility of activated within the private sector, to return and engage in activities in the marine fishing in the Arabian Gulf as it was in previous decades, and this trend is currently through activation of the company 's investment. "
In the same vein, economists counting the process of using floating cages of modern techniques used in fish wealth in most countries of the region and the world, expert says Raafat al - Khalidi, he said that "most of the Arab Gulf states, Egypt, Japan, China, Korea and European countries, is working on the use of floating cages ".
He adds Khalidi (range), that " the most important fish reared in these common carp ponds species that grows rapidly and the rate of large production where the production of floating cages rate up to 75 kg per cubic meter compared to the dirt river basin production rate up to 3-5 kg per cubic meter , "noting that" fish farming cages floating style can be placed in any watercourse , as long as they are valid and non - contaminated water. " In turn, the livestock department official in the cultivation of Maysan Adel al - Saadi said, " The fish in the Division of Livestock Services Section awarded 15 cages floating holiday, while one gave holiday and 6 approvals for the establishment of fish projects closed system."
Saadi added that " the number of mud lakes for breeding fish were approved (6) lakes while there are (11) Lake are not permitted in the province."
For its part , announced that the cultivation of Babylon Directorate, that the province is the first among the provinces working on the establishment of floating cages, says the head of the planning department in the cultivation of Babylon , the Directorate of Engineer Adel unitary, he said that "this method is to erect floating cages of iron in the course of rivers and processing Bamaalv especially for fish a way that does not affect the water 's share in the province , which suffers originally several problems encountered in traditional fish lakes in the forefront of water scarcity. "
Unitary noted that "among the factors that helped breeders in Babylon on the foot on this experience along the distance traveled by the Shatt al - Hilla in the province, which stretches for 100 kilometers and is a very large area helped to create about 14 lakes using this method in the pan conservative , "noting that" the embankment area occupies first place , followed by the establishment of this crating some areas in the city of Hilla , south of the center of the opposite Babylon areas that still rely on lakes and is largely bypassing the informal ".
In Karbala, it announced the Ministry of Agriculture, in September 2013, run the first project to breed fish cages floating in the province, stressing that fish marketing will be needed by the market quantity and size.
The ministry said in a statement, " The cultivation of Karbala Directorate of the Ministry of Agriculture has operated the first project to breed fish cages floating in the province , " noting that "fish farming system in floating cages is one of the common methods as a result of water scarcity, can increase its production per unit area , every square meter accommodate from 50-100 fish and this can crate area accommodate 2 12:00 2400 fish while being absorbed dunum of earthen ponds area of 2500 m2 to 1000 fish. "
The ministry added that " the fish marketing will be based on market need and the quantity and size required, as well as the protection of fish from fishing means illegal by some people with weak souls like hunting poison or electricity, as well as protect them from predators and contribute to the operation of labor , " noting that " there are four projects in the province licensed by the Ministry of Agriculture, represented by the Department of Livestock. "


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