Minister for Fisheries Punjab Sardar Dariya Khan Gopang has said that by using the marginal land of the province, not only deficiency of protein in the human diet can be overcome but farmers can also get reasonable returns.
Presiding over a departmental meeting, the minister said that due to effective management and incentives by the government more than 32,700 acres of land in the private sector has been brought under fish culture and the number is fast increasing.
Talking about the results of the incentive package offered to the private sector, he informed that annual growth rate of fish farming has now been increased to 12 percent. He said that due to improved techniques and mass media campaign, carried out by the department, fish farming in private sector has increased manifold.
Sardar Dariya Khan further said that training courses are arranged frequently to disseminate modern aquaculture methods at district and Tehsil level to fish farmers.