LAHORE: An amount of Rs.632 million are being spent on the establishment of new hatcheries and nursery units besides use of barren lands for fisheries purpose to meet the growing demand of fish seed and providing quality seeds to farmers.
It was stated by the Director General Fisheries Punjab, Dr. Muhammad Ayub while presiding over a meeting regarding ongoing development projects here Tuesday. Director Fisheries (Extension) Dr. Iftikhar Qureshi, Deputy Director (Planning & Development) Ansar Mehmood Chatha and other officers concerned were also present.
DG Fisheries said that a large hatchery is being established in Lahore at Bhaseen on 60 acres of land and five nursery units over six acres land each are also being setup in Pakpattan, Mandi Bahauddin, Narowal, Chiniot and Nankana Sahib.
He said that through establishment of a large fish seed hatchery and nursery units in five districts, production of additional three million quality fish seed of culturable fish species could be possible as well as problems of fish farmers would also be addressed as these districts are lacking this facility.
Dr. Ayub said that in order to fulfil fish seed requirements of the public and private sectors, barren lands would be utilized for the promotion of fisheries and in this regard a comprehensive plan has been devised with a cost of 165 million rupees.
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